English

Noun

viga ‎(plural vigas)

1. a roughly made rafter or roof timber, especially in a Latin American village
   • 1992: The vigas were partly down and hunters or herdsmen had built fires in the floor. — Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses

Anagrams

• vagi

Asturian

Noun

viga f ‎(plural vigues)

1. beam

Italian

Verb

viga

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of vigere

Anagrams

• Gavi, vagì

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: vi‧ga

Noun

viga f (plural vigas)

1. beam (large piece of timber or iron)

Synonyms

• trave

Spanish

Etymology

Origin uncertain; probably from Latin bīga ‘tree-trunk’. Cognate with Portuguese viga, Catalan biga, Occitan biga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiɡa/
• Hyphenation: vi‧ga

Noun

viga f ‎(plural vigas)

1. timber, beam, rafter

Swedish

Etymology 1

Adjective

viga

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of vig.

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish vīghia, from Old Norse vígja, from Proto-Germanic *wīhijaną.

Verb

viga ‎(present viger, preterite vigde, supine vigt, imperative vig)

1. to marry; to unite in wedlock or matrimony
2. to devote something for a specific purpose

   Han har vigt sitt liv åt att hjälpa andra.‎

   He has devoted his life to helping others.

Conjugation

Related terms

• inviga
• vigsel
• vigvatten

See also

• gifta

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish vika.

Noun

viga

1. flaw
2. defect
3. failure, malfunction
4. damage
5. mistake

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “брак, дефект, изъян, неисправность, ошибка, повод, повреждение, порок, упущение”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Volapük

Noun

viga

1. genitive singular of vig