siga

See also: Appendix:Variations of "siga"

Languages (20)

Catalan • Cebuano • Estonian • Faroese • Fijian • Galician • Hausa • Iban • Icelandic • Lindu • Maranao • Norwegian Nynorsk • Old English • Portuguese • Rwanda-Rundi • Spanish • Tagalog • Tausug • Veps • Yoruba

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Catalan

Verb

siga

1. (Valencia) inflection of ser:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siga.

Noun

siga

1. a bright flame

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *cika. Cognate with Finnish sika, Võro tsiga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡ̊ɑ/, [ˈsʲiɡ̊ɑ]

Noun

siga (genitive sea, partitive siga)

1. pig

Declension

Declension of siga (ÕS type 18u/sõda, ig-e gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		siga	sead
accusative	nom.
	gen.	sea
genitive			sigade
partitive		siga	sigu sigasid
illative		siga seasse	sigadesse seusse
inessive		seas	sigades seus
elative		seast	sigadest seust
allative		seale	sigadele seule
adessive		seal	sigadel seul
ablative		sealt	sigadelt seult
translative		seaks	sigadeks seuks
terminative		seani	sigadeni
essive		seana	sigadena
abessive		seata	sigadeta
comitative		seaga	sigadega

Derived terms

• end seaks jooma
• end seaks vihastama
• ennast seaks jooma
• ennast seaks vihastama
• nagu sadul sea seljas
• nagu siga ja kägu
• pärleid sigade ette heitma
• pärleid sigade ette viskama
• sea aasta
• sea moodi
• siga ka ei söö
• siga mängima
• sigade Aafrika katk
• täis nagu siga

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse segja, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to say”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːja/
• Homophone: siða

Verb

siga (third person singular past indicative segði, third person plural past indicative søgdu, supine sagt)

1. to say

Conjugation

Conjugation of siga (group v-70)

infinitive	siga
supine	sagt
	present	past
first singular	sigi	segði
second singular	sigur	segði
third singular	sigur	segði
plural	siga	søgdu
participle (a8)1	sigandi	sagdur
	imperative
singular	sig!
plural	sigið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *siŋa, variant of *cina, from Proto-Oceanic *sinaʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ.

Noun

siga

1. day (period between sunrise and sunset)

   Sa siga vinaka nikua.

   It's a nice day today.

2. day (period of 24 hours)

   ena siga ka tarava ― on the following day

   — E na siga cava?
   — E na Siga Moniti.

   — On what day?
   — On Monday.

3. sun, sunlight, sunshine

   Synonym: mata ni siga

   Sa katakata na siga nikua.

   The sun is hot today.

Verb

siga (stative)

1. to be sunny, to shine (of weather or the sun)

   Sa siga vinaka tiko.

   It's sunny.

   (literally, “The sun is shining nicely.”)

Derived terms

• days of the week: siga ni macawa (appendix): Siga Tabu · Siga Monite · Siga Tusite · Siga Vukelulu · Siga Lotulevu · Siga Vakaraubuka · Siga Vakarauwai ^[edit]

• dausiga (“drought”, literally “continual sunshine”)
• dravusiga (“drought, parched land”)
• kila vakasigalevu (“to know very clearly”) (idiom)
• mata ni siga (“sun”, literally “face of day”)
• mata sigasiga (“dazzled by bright light”)
• mokusiga (“to kill time, to waste time”) (idiom)
• Siga Cokonaki (“Saturday”) (Lau)
• Siga Dakuna (“Thursday”) (Lau)
• Siga ni Lewa (“Judgement Day”)
• Siga ni Mate (“Good Friday”)
• Siga ni Sucu (“Christmas Day”)
• Siga ni Tu Cake (“Easter Sunday”)
• Siga Vakaoti Vola (“Friday”) (Lau)
• Siga Vunau (“Wednesday”) (Lau)
• siga-tara (“weekday”)
• sigalaka, sigavaka (“to continue until daylight”)
• sigalevu (“noon, midday”)
• sigalevu tutu (“high noon”)
• sigalevu tutu donu (“exactly high noon”)
• sigasiga (“to shine brightly; blonde”)
• sigawale (“small edible bivalve (Atactodea or Donax)”)
• ulu sigasiga (“blonde hair”)
• vakasiga, vakasigana (“to sun-dry”)
• vakasigalevu (“lunch”)
• vakasigasiga (“to take shelter from rain and wait for sun”) (idiom)
• vanua sigasiga (“sunny place”)

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “siga”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[2], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, pages 227–8

Galician

Verb

siga

1. inflection of seguir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /síː.ɡàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [síː.ɡàː]

Noun

sīgā̀ f (plural sīgōgī, possessed form sīgàr̃)

1. form, structure
2. clause, proviso

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ɡaʔ/

Adjective

siga

1. wild

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɪːɣa]

  Rhymes: -ɪːɣa

Verb

siga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sigaði, supine sigað)

1. to sic (incite an attack by) [with dative]

   Synonym: etja

Conjugation

siga – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að siga
supine sagnbót		sigað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		sigandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	siga	sigaði		sigi	sigaði
	þú	sigar	sigaðir		sigir	sigaðir
	hann, hún, það	sigar	sigaði		sigi	sigaði
plural	við	sigum	siguðum		sigum	siguðum
	þið	sigið	siguðuð		sigið	siguðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	siga	siguðu		sigi	siguðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	siga (þú), sigaðu
plural	þið	sigið (þið), sigiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Lindu

Noun

siga

1. traditional turban for men

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siga.

Noun

siga

1. light, shine, luster

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• sige

Etymology

From Old Norse síga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²siːɡɑ/

Verb

siga (present tense sig, past tense seig, supine sige, past participle sigen, present participle sigande, imperative sig)

1. to seep, ooze

   Det sig vatn inn i kjellaren.

   Water is seeping into the basement.

2. to subside, sink very slowly

   Grunnmuren sig.

   The foundation wall is subsiding.

3. To move slowly, glide

   Skodda sig inn frå havet.

   The fog is moving in from the sea.

References

• “siga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.jɑ/

Noun

siġa

1. genitive plural of siġe

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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Verb

siga

1. inflection of seguir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *-tíga.

Verb

-siga^? (infinitive gusiga, perfective -size)

1. to leave, forsake, abandon

Etymology 2

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

Verb

-sīga (infinitive gusīga, perfective -sīze)

1. smear (something onto a surface)
2. anoint

Etymology 3

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

Verb

-síga (infinitive gusíga, perfective -síze)

1. compose poetry

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡa/ [ˈsi.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: si‧ga

Interjection

siga

1. (Colombia, colloquial) forward!
2. (Colombia, colloquial) Used to indicate that you can start eating.

Verb

siga

1. inflection of seguir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “seguir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siga (“spark, bright light”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˈɡaʔ/ [sɪˈɣ̠aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: si‧ga

Noun

sigâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄ)

1. fire made by burning garbage, weeds, etc.

   Synonym: silab

2. (by extension) bonfire

Derived terms

• magsiga
• panigain
• pansiga
• pasigaan
• sigaan

See also

• asga

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Latin cicādader.

Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a

Spanish cigarra?

Spanish cigarro

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Old Spanish -iello

Spanish -illo

Spanish cigarrillobor.

Tagalog sigarilyoclip.

Tagalog sigaredup.

Tagalog siga-sigaclip.

Tagalog siga

According to Panganiban (1973), originally as slang from siga-siga (“acting independent or without restraint for having taken off responsibility; tough; thug”), which was derived from clipping of sigarilyo (see etymology 3). Once jeepney drivers make enough to cover their daily 'boundary' fee, they take it easy and smoke cigarettes. The glottal stop may have been reinforced by siga (“fire for burning garbage”). See also pasiga-sigarilyo and magsiga-sigarilyo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡaʔ/ [ˈsiː.ɣ̠ɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -iɡaʔ
• Syllabification: si‧ga

Adjective

sigà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄ) (colloquial)

1. tough; conceited; show-off

   Synonym: tigasin

2. gallant; dashing

   Synonym: magilas

3. brave

   Synonyms: matapang, kinatatakutan

4. (dated) acting independent or without restraint for having taken off responsibility

   Synonyms: siga-siga, nakaluwag

Noun

sigà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄ) (colloquial)

1. tough guy; conceited guy
2. bully; thug

   Synonyms: siga-siga, maton, butangero, sanggano

Derived terms

• magpasiga-siga
• magsiga-sigaan
• siga-siga

Etymology 3

Etymology tree

Latin cicādader.

Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a

Spanish cigarra?

Spanish cigarro

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Old Spanish -iello

Spanish -illo

Spanish cigarrillobor.

Tagalog sigarilyoclip.

Tagalog siga

Initial clipping of sigarilyo. Compare sige.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡa/ [ˈsiː.ɣ̠ɐ]
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: si‧ga

Noun

siga (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄ) (slang)

1. cigarette

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sigarilyo

Derived terms

• siga-siga

Further reading

• “siga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 898
• Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993), Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎^[3], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*siga”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• sagi, gisa

Tausug

Etymology

Probably from Tagalog siga, from clipping of sigarilyo and also from English cigar.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /siɡa/ [sɪˈɣɑ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: si‧ga

Noun

siga (Sulat Sūg spelling سِݢَ)

1. cigarette

Derived terms

• magsiga
• nagsiga
• nagsisiga
• paniniga (“chain smoker”)
• sigahun
• sumiga (“will smoke”)

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *cika.

Noun

siga

1. pig

Inflection

Inflection of siga (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	siga
genitive sing.	sigan
partitive sing.	sigad
partitive plur.	sigoid
	singular	plural
nominative	siga	sigad
accusative	sigan	sigad
genitive	sigan	sigoiden
partitive	sigad	sigoid
essive-instructive	sigan	sigoin
translative	sigaks	sigoikš
inessive	sigas	sigoiš
elative	sigaspäi	sigoišpäi
illative	sigaha	sigoihe
adessive	sigal	sigoil
ablative	sigalpäi	sigoilpäi
allative	sigale	sigoile
abessive	sigata	sigoita
comitative	siganke	sigoidenke
prolative	sigadme	sigoidme
approximative I	siganno	sigoidenno
approximative II	sigannoks	sigoidennoks
egressive	sigannopäi	sigoidennopäi
terminative I	sigahasai	sigoihesai
terminative II	sigalesai	sigoilesai
terminative III	sigassai	—
additive I	sigahapäi	sigoihepäi
additive II	sigalepäi	sigoilepäi

Derived terms

• ižasiga
• mecsiga
• unisiga
• siganliha

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “свинья”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[4], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Yoruba

Àwọn sìgá kan

Etymology

Borrowed from English cigar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sì.ɡá/

Noun

sìgá

1. cigarette; cigar

   Synonyms: (slang) ọ̀pá, (obsolete, rare) sàrootù

Derived terms

• amusìgá (“smoker”)
• onísìgá (“cigarette seller; smoker”)
• sìgá mímu (“smoking”)

See also

• mu (“to smoke”)
• àmukù (“(cigarette) butt”)