vanga

From translingual Vanga.

vanga (plural vangas)

1. Any of several passerine birds, of the family Vangidae, from Madagascar

• banga

vanga f

1. shovel, spade

• “vanga” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

From the taxonomic name.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑŋːɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝ŋːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑŋːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): van‧ga

vanga

1. vanga (bird of the family Vangidae)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vanga

1. inflection of vangi:
   1. indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular
   2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural

• IPA^(key): /ˈvan.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -anɡa
• Hyphenation: vàn‧ga

From Late Latin vanga, of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse vangsni (“ploughshare”).

vanga f (plural vanghe)

1. shovel

• vangare

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vanga

1. inflection of vangare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *wagnisan (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Indo-European *wogʷʰni- (“coulter”); compare Old Norse vangsni (“ploughshare”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯an.ɡa/, [ˈu̯äŋɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvan.ɡa/, [ˈväŋɡä]

vanga f (genitive vangae); first declension

1. a spade with a crossbar for applying the foot

The meaning of this word is uncertain. Some authorities translate it as mattock.

First-declension noun.

• Catalan: fanga
• Italian: vanga

• “vanga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vanga 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)
• vanga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

vanga

1. hook-billed vanga (Vanga curvirostris)

• → English: vanga

vanga

1. accusative/genitive plural of vangr

From Late Latin vanga.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaŋɡa/

vanga f

1. spade