FromtranslingualVanga.

vanga (pluralvangas)

1. Any of severalpasserinebirds, of the familyVangidae, fromMadagascar.

• banga

vanga f

1. shovel,spade

• “vanga” inINFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Fromtaxonomic nameVanga.

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

vanga

1. vanga(bird of the familyVangidae)

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

vanga

1. inflection ofvangi:
   1. indefiniteaccusative/dative/genitivesingular
   2. indefiniteaccusative/genitiveplural

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

FromLate Latinvanga, ofGermanic origin; compareOld Norsevangsni(“ploughshare”).

vanga f (pluralvanghe)

1. shovel

• vangare

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

vanga

1. inflection ofvangare:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

OfGermanic origin, fromProto-Germanic*wagnisan(“ploughshare”), fromProto-Indo-European*wogʷʰni-(“coulter”); compareOld Norsevangsni(“ploughshare”).

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

vanga f (genitivevangae);first declension

1. aspade with acrossbar for applying the foot

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

First-declension noun.

• Catalan:fanga
• Italian:vanga

• “vanga”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "vanga", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• vanga inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

vanga

1. hook-billed vanga (Vanga curvirostris)

• → English:vanga

vanga

1. accusative/genitiveplural ofvangr

FromLate Latinvanga.

• IPA^(key):/ˈvaŋɡa/

vanga f

1. spade