# tanga
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

tanga (plural tangas)
* (historical) Any of various former Asian coins, including: a coin of Portuguese India worth one tenth of a rupee; a gold coin of India issued by various Muslim rulers; a silver coin of India, also issued by Muslim rulers; and a former silver coin of Tibet.
** 1810, Richard Haklvyt, Hakluyt's Collection of the Early Voyages, Travels, and DIscoveries of the English Nation- Volume 2, page 410:The larines are woorth by just value basaruchies 93 and 3 fourth parts, and 4 larines make a seraphine of siluer, which is 5 tangas of good money, and these also haue serafagion of 6, 7, 8, 10, vntil 16, by the 100, for when the ships depart for the North, to say, for Chaul, Diu, Cambaia, or Bassaim, all cary of the same, because it is money more currant then any other.
** 1841, The Literary Gazette and Journal of the Belles Lettres, page 136:The first and largest item is, the purchase of a wife, 25 rupees. Culinary and other utensils.--Bedding, 6 rupees; antimony for the lady's eyes, 3 tangas : an iron boiler, 2 rupees; a wooden bowl and spoons, 3 tangas; ....
** 1875, Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873, under command of Sir T[homas] D. Forsyth, page 73:The prices range from 120 tangas = Rupees 25 to 400 tangas = Rupees 80.
** 1996, Jonathan L. Lee, The "Ancient Supremacy":, →ISBN:Three-sevenths, or 300,000 tangas (100,000 Kabul rupees) were remitted to the Amir as tribute, whilst the remaining sum, 400,000 tangas (Rs. 133,333), was retained by the wali for his own expenses.
** 2003, Ahmad Hasan Dani, Vadim Mikhaĭlovich Masson, History of Civilizations of Central Asia, →ISBN:The Samarkand tangas were initially 916 carats, and then rose to 960 carats. Lower-carat tangas were issued in Balkh (875 carats, 916 carats) and in Tashkent. Nevertheless, even the tangas issued under Iskandar Khan are referred to in documentary sources as 'pure'.

### Etymology 2

From Portuguese tanga, from Kimbundu tanga or ntanga (“coarse cloth; loincloth”).

#### Noun

tanga (plural tangas)
* A pair of tanga briefs.

### Anagrams

* ganta

## Bikol Central
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taˈŋaʔ/ [taˈŋaʔ]
* Hyphenation: ta‧nga

#### Preposition

tangâ (Basahan spelling ᜆᜅ)
* between

##### Derived terms

* matanga
* tangaan

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 蟲仔 / 虫仔 (thâng-á, “little vermin/insect/bug/snake/animal”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtaŋa/ [ˈta.ŋa]
* Hyphenation: ta‧nga

#### Noun

tánga (Basahan spelling ᜆᜅ)
* ant
    Synonym: sirom

##### Derived terms

* matanga
* tangahon

## Cebuano
### Etymology 1

From Hokkien 蟲仔 / 虫仔 (thâng-á, “little vermin/insect, bug, snake,animal”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Cebuano) IPA: /ˈtaŋa/
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: ta‧nga

#### Noun

tanga
* scorpion

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *taŋa (“to gape stupidly, to gawk”), from Proto-Austronesian *taŋa (“to open wide”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Cebuano) IPA: /taˈŋaʔ/
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Hyphenation: ta‧nga

#### Adjective

tanga
* bumbling
* careless, thoughtless
* slow (of reduced intellectual capacity, not quick to comprehend)
* absent-minded

#### Verb

tanga
* to bumble
* to be careless
* to be slow to comprehend
* to be absent-minded

### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tanga.

## Chamorro
### Verb

tanga
* To desire something, to crave.

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese tanga or Spanish tanga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑŋ.ɡaː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: tan‧ga
* Rhymes: -ɑŋɡaː

### Noun

tanga f (plural tanga's, diminutive tangaatje n)
* thong, G-string

#### Derived terms

* tangaslip

### See also

* reetveter
* string

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tanga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɑ̃.ɡa/
* (Quebec) IPA: /taŋ.ɡa/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

tanga m (plural tangas)
* G-string, thong (underwear)

### Further reading

* “tanga”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* ganta

## Galician
### Verb

tanga
* inflection of tanguer:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Garo
### Etymology

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

### Verb

tanga
* To live, be alive.

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology 1

From Hokkien 蟲仔 / 虫仔 (thâng-á, “little vermin, insect, bug, animal”).

#### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ta‧nga
* IPA: /ˈtaŋa/ [ˈta.ŋa]

#### Noun

tánga
* cockroach

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *taŋa (“to gape stupidly; to gawk”), from Proto-Austronesian *taŋa (“to open wide”).

#### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ta‧nga
* IPA: /taˈŋaʔ/ [taˈŋaʔ]

#### Verb

tangâ
* to raise one's eyes

##### Derived terms

* magtanga

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtɒŋɡɒ]
* Hyphenation: tan‧ga
* Rhymes: -ɡɒ

### Noun

tanga (plural tangák)
* G-string, thong, tanga, posing pouch

#### Derived terms

* tangabugyi

## Icelandic
### Noun

tanga
* indefinite accusative singular of tangi
* indefinite dative singular of tangi
* indefinite genitive singular of tangi
* indefinite accusative plural of tangi
* indefinite genitive plural of tangi

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtan.ɡa/
* Rhymes: -anɡa
* Hyphenation: tàn‧ga

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese tanga.

#### Noun

tanga m (invariable)
* G-string

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

tanga
* inflection of tangere:
** first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Kankanaey
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey)
** IPA: /ˈtaŋa/ [ˈtaː.ŋʌ] (“looking”)
*** Rhymes: -aŋa
** IPA: /taˈŋa/ [tʌˈŋa] (“biting”)
*** Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ta‧nga

### Noun

tánga
* act of looking, observing, inspecting
* act of holding something in the mouth

#### Derived terms

* tangaen

### Noun

tangá
* act of biting, nibbling

#### Derived terms

* intatanga
* itanga

### References

* Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “tanga”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎, Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 454
* Allen, Larry (2021) “tánga”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary‎, Summer Institute of Linguistics

## Kituba
### Verb

tanga
* to read

## Masbate Sorsogon
### Noun

tanga
* ant

## Mwani
### Noun

tanga class 5 (plural matanga)
* sail

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* tangen m sg

### Noun

tanga f sg
* definite feminine singular of tang

## Old Norse
### Noun

tanga
* inflection of tangi:
** oblique singular
** accusative plural
** genitive plural
* genitive plural of tǫng

## Portuguese
### Etymology

An African borrowing, from Kimbundu tanga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɐ̃.ɡɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃ɡɐ
* Hyphenation: tan‧ga

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

tanga f (plural tangas)
* loincloth (garment that covers the crotch)
* very small bikini

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

tanga
* inflection of tangar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French tanguer.

### Verb

a tanga (third-person singular present tanghează, past participle tangat) 1st conjugation
* (nautical) To sway back and forth.

#### Conjugation
## Southern Catanduanes Bicolano
### Noun

tanga
* ant

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtanɡa/ [ˈt̪ãŋ.ɡa]
* Rhymes: -anɡa
* Syllabification: tan‧ga

### Etymology 1

From a Tupian language. Or, of African origin and borrowed from Kimbundu ntanga (“loincloth”).

#### Noun

tanga m (plural tangas)
* (Spain) G-string, thong

#### Noun

tanga f (plural tangas)
* (Latin America) G-string, thong

#### References

* ↑ “tanga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* ↑ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 590

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

tanga
* inflection of tangar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “tanga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

tanga class V (plural matanga class VI)
* sail

### Verb

-tanga (infinitive kutanga)
* to wander, to loiter
    Synonyms: zurura, randaranda

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -tanga :
| Positive present | -natanga |
| Subjunctive | -tange |
| Negative | -tangi |
| Imperative singular | tanga |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kutanga |
| Negative | kutotanga |
Imperatives :
| Singular | tanga |
| Plural | tangeni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hutanga |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -litanga |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kutanga |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tatanga |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tatanga |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sitange |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngetanga |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singetanga |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalitanga |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalitanga |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -metanga |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshatanga |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jatanga |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kitanga |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipotanga |
| Consecutive | katanga / positive subject concord + -katanga |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -katange |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

#### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Applicative: -tangia
** Causative: -tangisha
** Stative: -tangika
** Other formations: -tangatanga

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese tanga. First attested in 1982.

### Noun

tanga c
* tanga briefs

#### Declension
### Further reading

* tanga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* tanga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* tanga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Either from the following:
* From Proto-Philippine *taŋa (“to gape stupidly, gawk”), from Proto-Austronesian *taŋa (“to open wide”).
* From Proto-Philippine *taŋah (“stupid, silly, ignorant”).
Compare Ilocano tanga, Aklanon tanga, Cebuano tanga, Maranao tanga', and Tausug tanga'.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /taˈŋa/ [t̪ɐˈŋa]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ta‧nga

#### Adjective

tangá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ)
* (offensive) stupid; foolish; ignorant; slow-witted
    Synonyms: gunggong, tunggak, bangag, ungas, hangal, mangmang, maang, manga, uslak, banggak, tunggak, ungag, libsang, binsa, supak, urat, pindeho, banday
    Mukha kang tanga!You look stupid!
* (offensive) uneducated
    Synonym: walang-pinag-aralan

##### Derived terms

* antanga
* katangahan
* mapatanga
* matanga
* may-pagkatanga
* nakatanga
* napakatanga
* pagkatanga
* shunga
* tange
* tangengot
* tumanga
* tumanga-tanga

#### Noun

tangá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ)
* (offensive) idiot; stupid person; fool
    Synonyms: gunggong, tunggak, bangag, ungas, hangal, mangmang, maang, manga, uslak, banggak, tunggak, ungag, libsang, binsa, supak, pindeho, tupa, (obsolete) usang-tao
    Hoy, tanga!Hey, fool!
* act of gazing absentmindedly (at something)
    Synonyms: pagtanga, malag
* (by extension) act of wasting one's time by gazing absentmindedly (at something)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 蟲仔 / 虫仔 (thâng-á, “little vermin; insect; bug”). Compare Bikol Central tanga and Cebuano tanga.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈtaŋaʔ/ [ˈt̪aː.ŋɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -aŋaʔ
* Syllabification: ta‧nga

#### Noun

tangà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ)
* clothes moth
* potato worm; weevil (the presence of which is with a certain peculiar taste or odor)
* bookworm

##### Derived terms

* matanga
* tangain

##### Related terms

* simutsang

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈtaŋaʔ/ [ˈt̪aː.ŋɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -aŋaʔ
* Syllabification: ta‧nga

#### Noun

tangà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ) (obsolete)
* ancient prohibition with penalty clause
* act of making and fulfilling a promise
* payment agreement

##### Derived terms

* ipagtanga
* itanga
* magtanga
* pagtangaan
* tangaan
* tumanga

##### See also

* kabawalan

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ˈtaŋa/ [ˈt̪aː.ŋɐ]
*** Rhymes: -aŋa
** IPA: /ˈtaŋaʔ/ [ˈt̪aː.ŋɐʔ] (obsolete)
* Syllabification: ta‧nga

#### Noun

tanga (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ) (obsolete)
* act of extending the neck to see something

##### Derived terms

* itanga
* tangahan
* tangahin
* tumanga

### Further reading

* “tanga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* “tanga”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
* San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
** page 64: “Apolillarſe) Tang̃a (pp) las palmas”
** page 311: “Eſtender) Tang̃a [(pp)] el cuello para ver algo q̃ no al cança auer”
** page 488: “Polilla) Tang̃a (pp) dela ropa”
** page 595: “Vedar) Tang̃a (pp) mandando noſe haga tal o tal cosa”
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*taŋa₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*taŋah”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
* Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 134

### Anagrams

* tagan, ganta, Gatan, angat, atang, ngata, Angat

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑŋɡɑ/

### Noun

tanga (definite accusative tangayı, plural tangalar)
* thong

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
tanga
tangalar
definite accusative
tangayı
tangaları
dative
tangaya
tangalara
locative
tangada
tangalarda
ablative
tangadan
tangalardan
genitive
tanganın
tangaların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
tangam
tangalarım
2nd singular
tangan
tangaların
3rd singular
tangası
tangaları
1st plural
tangamız
tangalarımız
2nd plural
tanganız
tangalarınız
3rd plural
tangaları
tangaları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
tangamı
tangalarımı
2nd singular
tanganı
tangalarını
3rd singular
tangasını
tangalarını
1st plural
tangamızı
tangalarımızı
2nd plural
tanganızı
tangalarınızı
3rd plural
tangalarını
tangalarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
tangama
tangalarıma
2nd singular
tangana
tangalarına
3rd singular
tangasına
tangalarına
1st plural
tangamıza
tangalarımıza
2nd plural
tanganıza
tangalarınıza
3rd plural
tangalarına
tangalarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
tangamda
tangalarımda
2nd singular
tanganda
tangalarında
3rd singular
tangasında
tangalarında
1st plural
tangamızda
tangalarımızda
2nd plural
tanganızda
tangalarınızda
3rd plural
tangalarında
tangalarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
tangamdan
tangalarımdan
2nd singular
tangandan
tangalarından
3rd singular
tangasından
tangalarından
1st plural
tangamızdan
tangalarımızdan
2nd plural
tanganızdan
tangalarınızdan
3rd plural
tangalarından
tangalarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
tangamın
tangalarımın
2nd singular
tanganın
tangalarının
3rd singular
tangasının
tangalarının
1st plural
tangamızın
tangalarımızın
2nd plural
tanganızın
tangalarınızın
3rd plural
tangalarının
tangalarının :

## Umbundu
### Verb

-tanga (infinitive okutanga)
* To study.
* To read.

#### Conjugation
## Waray Sorsogon
### Noun

tanga
* ant