vega
English
Etymology 1
From Spanish vega.
Noun
vega (plural vegas)
- (Latin America, Philippines) An open tract of ground; a plain, especially one which is moist and fertile, such as those used for growing tobacco.
Etymology 2
An invented word perhaps chosen to begin with "v" (for "volatility") and to sound as if it could be a Greek letter (like the related parameters "delta", "gamma" etc.)
Noun
vega (countable and uncountable, plural vegas)
- (finance) A measurement of the sensitivity of the value of an option to changes in the implied volatility of the price of the underlying asset.
- Synonyms: kappa, tau
Hypernyms
- (measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (includes list of coordinate terms)
Anagrams
- EVGA, gave
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈve.ɡə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈbe.ɡə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈve.ɡa/
Etymology 1
From Old Basque *bai-ko (“river plain, water meadow”); akin to Basque ibaiki (“riverbank”), from ibai (“river”).
Noun
vega f (plural vegues)
- meadow
Etymology 2
Possibly from the sense of "meadow" or possibly from vagar (“to wander”) with a change of vowel.
Noun
vega f (plural vegues)
- A romp in the open air.
- Pleasure, especially in the act of eating.
- 1994, Carme Riera, Dins el darrer blau:
- Per contra, el faria caure d'una embranzida i un cop en terra el deixaria podrir fins que els cucs hi fessin una bona vega.
- On the contrary, he would make it fall at one bound and once on the ground he would let it rot until the worms made a nice feast of it.
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Further reading
- “vega” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “vega”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “vega” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
Likely from vega-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈveː.ɣaː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ve‧ga
- Rhymes: -eːɣaː
Noun
vega m (plural vega's)
- (informal) A vegetarian, a veggie.
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse vega (“to weigh”), from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to carry, move, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰe-, *weǵʰ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛːɣa/
- Rhymes: -ɛːɣa
Verb
vega (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative vó, third-person plural past indicative vógu, supine vegið)
- (with accusative) to weigh
- (with accusative) to consider, to ponder, to weigh
- (with accusative) to slay
- Hetjan vó drekann.
- The hero slew the dragon.
- Hetjan vó drekann.
Derived terms
- vega salt
- vega sig upp (to pull oneself up)
- vega upp á móti (to counterbalance something, to compensate for something)
- vega þungt (to carry a lot of weight)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ʋeːɡɑ/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vega, from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to move, carry; to weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti (“to be transporting”), from the root *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”). Cognates include English weigh.
Alternative forms
- vege (e-infinitive)
Verb
vega (present tense veg, past tense vog, supine vege, past participle vegen, present participle vegande, imperative veg)
- (transitive) to weigh (To determine the weight of an object)
- (intransitive) to weigh (To have a certain weight)
Usage notes
- This is a split infinitive verb.
Derived terms
- avvega
Related terms
- veg m
- vekt f
Etymology 2
From the noun veg m (“way”).
Alternative forms
- vege (e-infinitive)
Verb
vega (present tense vegar, past tense vega, past participle vega, passive infinitive vegast, present participle vegande, imperative vega/veg)
- (transitive, intransitive) to make way
Usage notes
- This is a split infinitive verb.
References
- “vega” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- vage
Old Norse
Noun
vega
- accusative/genitive plural of vegr
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to carry, move, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰe-, *weǵʰ-. Compare Old Saxon wegan, Old High German wegan, and Old English wegan, Old Frisian wega, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (wigan).
Verb
vega
- to weigh
Conjugation
| infinitive | vega | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | vegandi | |
| past participle | veginn | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | veg | vá |
| 2nd-person singular | vegr | vátt |
| 3rd-person singular | vegr | vá |
| 1st-person plural | vegum | vágum |
| 2nd-person plural | vegið | váguð |
| 3rd-person plural | vega | vágu |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | vega | væga |
| 2nd-person singular | vegir | vægir |
| 3rd-person singular | vegi | vægi |
| 1st-person plural | vegim | vægim |
| 2nd-person plural | vegið | vægið |
| 3rd-person plural | vegi | vægi |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | veg | |
| 1st-person plural | vegum | |
| 2nd-person plural | vegið | |
| infinitive | vegask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | vegandisk | |
| past participle | vegizk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | vegumk | vágumk |
| 2nd-person singular | vegsk | vázk |
| 3rd-person singular | vegsk | vásk |
| 1st-person plural | vegumsk | vágumsk |
| 2nd-person plural | vegizk | váguzk |
| 3rd-person plural | vegask | vágusk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | vegumk | vægumk |
| 2nd-person singular | vegisk | vægisk |
| 3rd-person singular | vegisk | vægisk |
| 1st-person plural | vegimsk | vægimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | vegizk | vægizk |
| 3rd-person plural | vegisk | vægisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | vegsk | |
| 1st-person plural | vegumsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | vegizk | |
Descendants
- Icelandic: vega
- Faroese: viga
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vega; (dialectal) vågå, vaga
- Old Swedish: vægha
- Swedish: väga
- Old Danish: wæghæ
- Danish: veje
- Norwegian Bokmål: veie
- Danish: veje
Etymology 3
From Proto-Germanic *wiganą (“to fight, to battle”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to fight”). Cognate with Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (weihan).
Verb
vega
- to fight
- c. 1000 AD, inscription on the Sjörup Runestone
- […] saʀ : flu : aki : a[t :] ub:sal(u)m : an : ua : maþ : an : uabn : a(f)þi
- […] Sāʀ flō ęigi at Upsalum, ęn wā męð han wāpn hafði.
- […] He did not flee at Uppsala, but fought as long as he had a weapon.
- c. 1000 AD, inscription on the Sjörup Runestone
- to slay, to kill
Conjugation
| infinitive | vega | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | vegandi | |
| past participle | veginn | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | veg | vá |
| 2nd-person singular | vegr | vátt |
| 3rd-person singular | vegr | vá |
| 1st-person plural | vegum | vágum |
| 2nd-person plural | vegið | váguð |
| 3rd-person plural | vega | vágu |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | vega | væga |
| 2nd-person singular | vegir | vægir |
| 3rd-person singular | vegi | vægi |
| 1st-person plural | vegim | vægim |
| 2nd-person plural | vegið | vægið |
| 3rd-person plural | vegi | vægi |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | veg | |
| 1st-person plural | vegum | |
| 2nd-person plural | vegið | |
| infinitive | vegask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | vegandisk | |
| past participle | vegizk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | vegumk | vágumk |
| 2nd-person singular | vegsk | vázk |
| 3rd-person singular | vegsk | vásk |
| 1st-person plural | vegumsk | vágumsk |
| 2nd-person plural | vegizk | váguzk |
| 3rd-person plural | vegask | vágusk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | vegumk | vægumk |
| 2nd-person singular | vegisk | vægisk |
| 3rd-person singular | vegisk | vægisk |
| 1st-person plural | vegimsk | vægimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | vegizk | vægizk |
| 3rd-person plural | vegisk | vægisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | vegsk | |
| 1st-person plural | vegumsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | vegizk | |
Descendants
- Icelandic: vega
- Old Swedish: vægha
References
- “vega”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish vayca, from Old Basque *bai-ko (“river plain, water meadow”); akin to Basque ibaiki (“riverbank”), from ibai (“river”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeɡa/ [ˈbe.ɣ̞a]
- Rhymes: -eɡa
- Syllabification: ve‧ga
Noun
vega f (plural vegas)
- meadow
- fertile lowland
- grassy plain
- valley (the fertile lowlands surrounding a river)
- alluvial plain
- (Caribbean) tobacco plantation
See also
- Las Vegas
- Vega
Further reading
- “vega”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014