# riga
## Hausa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɽìː.ɡáː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [ɽìː.ɡáː]

### Noun

rī̀gā f (plural rīgunā̀, possessed form rī̀gar̃)
* a robe
** an agbada or similar, the standard garb of men
** a dress, the standard garb of women

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈri.ɡa/
* Rhymes: -iɡa
* Hyphenation: rì‧ga

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Italian riga, from Lombardic rīga (“line, row”), from Proto-Germanic *rīgǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyk- (-kh-) (“to scratch, cut”). Akin to Old High German rīga (“line”) (German Reihe (“row, series”)), Old Norse rēga (“string”) (Norwegian reig (“row, line”), Middle Dutch rīe (“line, row”), Old English rǣw (“line, row”).

#### Noun

riga f (plural righe)
* line
* stripe
* parting (of hair)
* ruler (measuring device)
    Synonym: righello

##### Derived terms

* rigaggio
* rigare
* rigate
* righello
* riga gnocchi

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

riga
* inflection of rigare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* Agri, agri, agri-, gira

## Latin
### Verb

rigā
* second-person singular present active imperative of rigō

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian riga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈriː.ɡa/

### Noun

riga f (plural rigi)
* ruler (measuring or drawing device)
* line

#### Related terms

* rig
* rigatur
* rigatura
* rriga

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* rige (e-infinitive)

### Etymology

From Old Norse riga.

### Verb

riga (present tense rigar, past tense riga, past participle riga, passive infinitive rigast, present participle rigande, imperative riga/rig)
* (intransitive) to budge, rock, sway

#### Related terms

* rå

### References

* “riga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* Riga, gira

## Old High German
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rīgǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyk- (“to scratch, cut”).

### Noun

rīga f
* line

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: rīhe
** German: Reihe

## Old Irish
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈr͈ʲiɣa]

#### Verb

·riga
* third-person singular future conjunct of téit

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈr͈ʲiːɣa]

#### Noun

riga
* Alternative spelling of ríga

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Old Norse
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Verb

riga
* to lift heavily or with difficulty [with dative]

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “riga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Sassarese
### Etymology

From Italian riga, from Lombardic rīga (“line, row”), from Proto-Germanic *rīgǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyk- (“to scratch, cut”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈriɡa/

### Noun

riga f (plural righi)
* line
* stripe
* ruler (measuring device)
    Synonym: rigaredda

#### Derived terms

* rigaredda

#### Related terms

* rigaddu
* rigaddura
* rigà

### References

* Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Venetan, from Italian rucola.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rîːɡa/
* Hyphenation: ri‧ga

### Noun

rȋga f (Cyrillic spelling ри̑га)
* (Croatia) commercial name for arugula, rocket (Eruca sativa, a grassy plant used for salad)
    Synonym: rukola