auga

Estonian

Noun

auga

1. comitative singular of au

Galician

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auga

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Alternative forms

• agua, augua, augha
• agoa (obsolete)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.ɣɐ/,

Noun

auga f (plural augas)

1. (uncountable) water

   Auga corrente non mata xente (proverb) ― running water doesn't kill people

2. (countable, usually in the plural) baths, hot springs

Derived terms

• Augas Santas

Related terms

• acuario
• acuático

References

• “auga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “auga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “auga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “auga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “auga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Further reading

• “auga” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Gutnish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *augô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).

Noun

auga

1. (Fårö) eye

Icelandic

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

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -øyːɣa

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Noun

auga n (genitive singular auga, nominative plural augu)

1. (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

Related terms

Latvian

Noun

auga m

1. genitive singular of augs

Adjective

auga

1. inflection of augs:
   1. genitive singular masculine
   2. nominative singular feminine

Verb

auga

1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of augt

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

áuga

1. third-person singular present of augti
2. third-person plural present of augti

Mirandese

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auga

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Etymology

From Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂.

Noun

auga f (plural augas)

1. water

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

auga

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Alternative forms

• auge

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)

1. eye (organ)

   Eg har noko på auga.

   Something is stuck in my eye.

2. 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

auga n

1. definite plural of auge

See also

• auge-, augne-
• øye (Bokmål)

References

• “auga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.ɡa/

Noun

auga f

1. Alternative form of agua

Descendants

• Galician: auga
• Portuguese: auga

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)

1. eye

Declension

Derived terms

• augabrá (“eyebrow”)
• augabragð (“blink of an eye; a laughing stock”)
• augnamein (“disease of the eye”)
• eygja (“to eye”)
• eygr (“eyed”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: auga
• Faroese: eyga
• Norwegian Nynorsk: auga n
• Norwegian: (dialectal) auga, aua, aue f or n, auwe, ouwe, ouga
• Jamtish: ouge
• Elfdalian: oga
• Old Swedish: ø̄gha
  • Swedish: öga
    • → Finnish: ööga
• Scanian: yva
• Old Danish: ø̄ghæ
  • Danish: øje
    • Norwegian Bokmål: øye
• Gutnish: auge

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Homophone: alga (Brazil)
• Rhymes: -awɡɐ
• Hyphenation: au‧ga

Etymology 1

Metathesis of água. Compare Galician auga.

Noun

auga f (plural augas)

1. (Northern Portugal) Alternative form of água

Related terms

• augar
• augado

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

auga

1. inflection of augar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative