biga

Borrowed from Latin bīga.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ.ɡə/, /ˈbiː.ɡə/
• Rhymes: -aɪɡə, -iːɡə

biga (plural bigas or bigae)

1. (historical) A Roman racing chariot drawn by two horses abreast.
   • 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

     "A biga or quadriga of mules?" suggested Carrados. "An eagle carrying off a hare, a figure flying with a wreath, a trophy of arms? Some of those perhaps?"

• quadriga

• Baig, bagi, gabi

biga ?

1. calf

biga

1. two

Uncertain; probably from Latin bīga (“tree-trunk”). Cognate with Portuguese viga, Spanish viga, Occitan biga.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbi.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbi.ɣa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -iɡa

biga f (plural bigues)

1. beam, as in a large piece of wood or metal serving a structural role in a building

• embigat

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “biga”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “biga”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biRaq or Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biRaʔ (“wild taro with itchy sap”)

bigà (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜄ)

1. giant taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos)

bigà (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜄ)

1. semen
2. pre-ejaculate
3. lust; a feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal

bigà (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜄ)

1. to be in heat
2. to be randy; to feel horny
3. to lust

• bigaon

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biRaq or Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biRaʔ (“wild taro with itchy sap”)

bigà (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜒᜄ)

1. giant taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos)

• Vigan
• bigaan

Either from Latin biga (“chariot”) or from a combination Venetan bina' and figa.

biga m

1. form of bread
2. vagina

• Antonio Pellizzer; Giovanni Pellizzer (1992), Vocabulario del dialetto di Rovigno d'Istria, page 110
• Cergna, Sandro (2015), Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria‎^[1], →ISBN, →OCLC

From Latin bīga.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Hyphenation: bì‧ga

biga f (plural bighe)

1. (historical) chariot (two-wheeled)
2. (baking) pre-ferment sponge, similar to poolish (bread starter)
   • 2018, Piergiorgio Giorilli, Il grande libro del pane, Kindle edition, Milan: Gribaudo, →ISBN:

     Gli impasti a base di biga hanno particolari proprietà viscoso-elastiche e risultano particolarmente lisci ed estensibili. […] Infatti spesso per realizzare le ricette, come pasta dura o pane pugliese, vengono utilizzate tutte e due, sia biga sia pasta di riporto, in modo da sfruttare le peculiarità di ambedue le paste.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• bigotta

biga

1. comparative degree of big
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 15:25:

     Di biga bwai pikni did de a grong. […]

     The bigger boy was in the field. […]

From bi- + iuga.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbiː.ɡa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbiː.ɡa]

bīga f (genitive bīgae); first declension

1. chariot (two-wheeled)
2. (in the plural) pair of horses

Exclusively used in the plural in pre-Augustan Latin. Seneca and Pliny were the first writers to use it in the singular.

First-declension noun.

• bīgātus

• biiugus

• “biga”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "biga", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “biga”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “biga”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

biga

1. Latin spelling of ბიგა (biga)

• pīga

Related to Old Norse bingr (“heap”) (English bing), from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick”), see also Sanskrit बहुल (bahula, “abundant”).^[1]

bīga f

1. pile, heap

• Middle High German: bīge
  • Alemannic German: Biigi
  • German: Beige
• → Italian: bica

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɡa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: bi‧ga
• Homophone: Biga

Learned borrowing from Latin bīga. First attested in the first half of the 19th century.^[1]

biga f

1. (Ancient Rome, historical) biga (Roman racing chariot drawn by two horses abreast)

Borrowed from German biegen. Doublet of Boh and Bug.

biga f

1. (printing) crease (element of the die-cutting machine used to emboss the bend line of the paper)

• “biga”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• biga in PWN's encyclopedia

Borrowed from Latin biga.

• Hyphenation: bi‧ga

biga f (plural bigas)

1. chariot (type of vehicle)

• “biga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “biga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): [ˈbiɡa]

biga f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of bigă

Probably from Latin bīga (“tree-trunk”)

biga

1. (Campidanese) beam

Borrowed from Spanish viga.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbiɡaʔ/ [ˈbiː.ɣɐʔ], /ˈbiɡa/ [ˈbiː.ɣɐ]
• Rhymes: -iɡaʔ, -iɡa
• Syllabification: bi‧ga

bigà or biga (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ) (carpentry)

1. girder

From either:

• From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biʀaʔ (“wild taro, elephant's ear or itching taro”). Compare Hanunoo biga and Malay bira.
• From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *biʀaq (“wild taro, elephant's ear or itching taro”). Compare Ilocano biga, Central Bikol biga, Aklanon biga, Cebuano biga, and Malay birah.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbiɡaʔ/ [ˈbiː.ɣɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -iɡaʔ
• Syllabification: bi‧ga

bigà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ)

1. giant taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos)

   Synonyms: malabiga, badyang

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbiɡaʔ/ [ˈbiː.ɣɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -iɡaʔ
• Syllabification: bi‧ga

bigà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ)

1. flat lowland

   Synonyms: lambak, libis

Possibly Chinese.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbiɡaʔ/ [ˈbiː.ɣɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -iɡaʔ
• Syllabification: bi‧ga

bigà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ)

1. damp or swampy ground

   Synonyms: labon, latian, tanlak, tunlak

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbiɡaʔ/ [ˈbiː.ɣɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -iɡaʔ
• Syllabification: bi‧ga

bigà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ)

1. root of words meaning "glibness of the tongue", such as malabiga

   Synonyms: daldal, kadaldalan

2. root of words meaning "fault-finding habit", such as malabiga

   Synonym: pagkamapintasan

• “biga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*biRaʔ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*biRaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• ibag, giba, igba, gab-i, gabi