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Estonian
Noun
auga
comitative singular of au
Galician
River Té, Rianxo, Galicia
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese auga (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria ), augua , agoa ; from older agua (through metathesis), from Latin aqua , from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ .
Pronunciation
Noun
auga f (plural augas )
( uncountable ) water
Auga corrente non mata xente ( proverb ) ― running water doesn't kill people
( countable , usually in the plural ) baths , hot springs
Derived terms
References
Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006 –2022 ) “auga ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006 –2018 ) “auga ”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006 –2013 ), “auga ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003 –2018 ), “auga ”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014 –2024 ), “auga ”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega , →ISSN
Further reading
Gutnish
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *augô , from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ( “ eye; to see ” ) .
Noun
auga
( Fårö ) eye
Icelandic
Auga.
Etymology
From Old Norse auga , from Proto-Germanic *augô , from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ( “ eye; to see ” ) . Cognates include Latin oculus , Sanskrit अक्षि ( ákṣi ) , Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 ( augō ) , Old English ēage , English eye , Scots ee , Swedish öga , Danish øje .
Pronunciation
Noun
auga n (genitive singular auga , nominative plural augu )
( anatomy ) eye
Hávamál (English source , Icelandic source )
Inn vari gestur
er til verðar kemur
þunnu hljóði þegir ,
eyrum hlýðir,
en augum skoðar.
Svo nýsist fróðra hver fyrir.
The knowing guest
who goes to the feast,
In silent attention sits;
With his ears he hears,
with his eyes he watches,
Thus wary are wise men all.
Declension
Declension of auga (neuter )
Latvian
Noun
auga m
genitive singular of augs
Adjective
auga
inflection of augs :
genitive singular masculine
nominative singular feminine
Verb
auga
third-person singular / plural past indicative of augt
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
Verb
áuga
third-person singular present of augti
third-person plural present of augti
Mirandese
Etymology
From Latin aqua , from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ .
Noun
auga f (plural augas )
water
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse auga , from Proto-Germanic *augô , ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ( “ eye; to see ” ) . Akin to English eye .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /²æʉ̯(ɡ)ɑ/ , /²œʉ̯(ɡ)ɑ/
Noun
auga n (plural augo )
eye (organ)
Eg har noko på auga . Something is stuck in my eye .
eye (the visual sense); vision
Augo mine er ikkje so gode som dei ein gong var.My eyes aren't as good as they once were.
Inflection
Declension of auga (weak an -stem)
neuter
singular
plural
indefinite
definite
indefinite
definite
nominative-accusative
auga
auga
augo
augo
compound-genitive
auge-
―
augne-
―
Landsmål declension of auga (weak an -stem)
neuter
singular
plural
indefinite
definite
indefinite
definite
nominative-accusative
auga
augat
augo
augo
dative
―
auga
―
augom
compound-genitive
auge-
―
augne-
―
auga n
definite plural of auge
See also
References
“auga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Old Galician-Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
auga f (plural augas )
Alternative form of agua
Descendants
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Norse *ᚨᚢᚷᛟ ( *augo ) , from Proto-Germanic *augô (whence Old English ēaġe , Old Saxon ōga , Old High German ouga , Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 ( augō ) ), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ( “ eye; to see ” ) ; compare Latin oculus , Old Church Slavonic око ( oko ) .
Noun
auga n (genitive auga , plural augu )
eye
Declension
Declension of auga (weak an -stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Metathesis of água . Compare Galician auga .
Noun
auga f (plural augas )
( Northern Portugal ) Alternative form of água
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
auga
inflection of augar :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative