# liga
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɪɡa]

### Noun

liga f
* league (organization of sports teams)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “liga”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “liga”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Fijian
### Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *liŋa, variant of *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

### Noun

liga
* (anatomy) hand

## Galician
### Verb

liga
* inflection of ligar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From Medieval Latin liga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈliɡɒ]
* Hyphenation: li‧ga
* Rhymes: -ɡɒ

### Noun

liga (plural ligák)
* league

#### Derived terms

* ligás

### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

### Further reading

* liga in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch liga, from Italian lega, from the verb legare, from Latin ligō (“I tie”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈli.ɡa/, [ˈli.ɡa]
* Hyphenation: li‧ga

### Noun

liga (plural)
* league
    Synonyms: perserikatan, persekutuan

### Further reading

* “liga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

### Anagrams

* gali
* gila
* lagi

## Karelian

Regional variants of liga :
| North Karelian (Viena) | lika |
| South Karelian (Tver) | liga |

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lika. Cognates include Finnish lika and Estonian liga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlʲiɡɑ/
* Hyphenation: li‧ga

### Noun

liga (genitive ligan, partitive ligua)
* (South Karelian) muck, dirt

#### Declension
### References

* A. V. Punzhina (1994) “liga”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈli.ɡaː/, [ˈlʲɪɡäː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈli.ɡa/, [ˈliːɡä]

### Verb

ligā
* second-person singular present active imperative of ligō

### References

* "liga", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* liga in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

## Latvian
### Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“illness”).

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

liga f (4th declension)
* disease

#### See also

* slimība f

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“illness”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lʲɪˈɡɐ/

### Noun

ligà f (plural li̇̀gos) stress pattern 4
* illness

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Derksen, Rick (2015) “liga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 286

## Phuthi
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́nga (“search for, watch for, desire”).

### Verb

-líga
* to try, to tempt

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈli.ɡa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iɡa
* Syllabification: li‧ga

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

liga f
* league (a group or association of cooperating members)

##### Derived terms

* ligowy

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

liga
* third-person singular present of ligać

### Further reading

* liga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* liga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈli.ɡɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈli.ɡɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈli.ɡa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈli.ɡɐ/ [ˈli.ɣɐ]
* Hyphenation: li‧ga

### Etymology 1

From ligar (“to unite; to bind”), from Latin ligāre (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”).

#### Noun

liga f (plural ligas)
* alloy (metal combined of more elements)
    Hyponyms: aço, amálgama, bronze, ferro fundido, latão
* league; group; association
    Synonyms: aliança, associação, coligação, confederação, facção, grupo, pacto, partido, união
* league (organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship)
    Synonym: confederação
* (uncountable) connection (act of connecting)
    Synonyms: conexão, ligação, ligamento
    Antonyms: desconexão, desligamento
* garter (band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking)
    Synonym: jarreteira

##### Related terms

* desligar
* ligação
* ligado
* ligame
* ligamento
* ligamentoso
* ligar
* ligatura

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

liga
* inflection of ligar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Spanish, Italian lega.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lǐːɡa/
* Hyphenation: li‧ga

### Noun

líga f (Cyrillic spelling ли́га)
* league (politics, sports, general)

#### Declension
### References

* “liga”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lìːɡa/

### Noun

líga f
* league (organization of sports teams)

#### Inflection
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈliɡa/ [ˈli.ɣ̞a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -iɡa
* Syllabification: li‧ga

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from ligar.

#### Noun

liga f (plural ligas)
* (politics, general) league
* band; suspender (UK), garter (US)
    Synonyms: tirante, jarretera
* (metallurgy) alloy, mixture
    Synonym: aleación
* elastic band
    Synonym: elástico
* mistletoe
    Synonym: muérdago
* (Mexico) hair tie, ponytail holder, ponytailer, hair elastic, bobble, hair boble
    Synonyms: (Spain) goma, (Argentina, Colombia) colita, (Chile) colet, colero

##### Derived terms

* Liga de Campeones
* liguilla

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

liga
* inflection of ligar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “liga”, 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

## Swedish
### Etymology

From French ligue, from Latin ligāre (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ-.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

liga c
* a gang
* (sports) a league

#### Related terms

* gangsterliga

### References

* liga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* liga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* liga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* liga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish liga.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈliɡa/ [ˈliː.ɣɐ]
* Rhymes: -iɡa
* Syllabification: li‧ga

### Noun

liga (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜄ)
* league; alliance; union
    Synonyms: unyon, kaisahan
* association
    Synonyms: samahan, kapisanan, asosasyon
* seasonal athletics competition
    Synonym: paligsahan

### Anagrams

* lagi, ilag, Ilag, Gail