vaga
Portuguese
/ˈvaɣɐ/
noun
Definitions
- wave
- opening, opportunity, vacancy
- free slot, open position
- absence
- parking place
Etymology
Derived from Old French vague (movement on the surface of a liquid, ripple) derived from Old Norse vágr (sea, bay, wave, sea bay, inlet, creek, matter from a sore) derived from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (wave, storm, motion, water in motion).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wēgaz
Gloss
wave, storm, motion, water in motion
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
嵐
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Waage German
- vague French
- *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- våg Norwegian Bokmål
- *wagōną Proto-Germanic
- *weganą Proto-Germanic
- *wēgaz Proto-Germanic
- våg Norwegian Nynorsk
- wæg Old English
- wǣġ Old English
- vágr Old Norse
- vague Old French
- wage Old French
- vogur Icelandic
- vaga Galician
- vágur Faroese
- 𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- *wāg gmw-pro
- vagh, vāgh Old Swedish
- vog Westrobothnian
- wagh Old Danish
- waag North Frisian