magu

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Corsican

Pronunciation

Noun

magu m (plural maghi)

  1. mage, magician

Related terms

Further reading

  • “magu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Estonian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *mako, ultimately loaned from Proto-Germanic *magô. Cognate to Votic mako.

Noun

magu (genitive mao, partitive magu)

  1. (anatomy) stomach
  2. (colloquial, pejorative for humans) belly
Declension
Declension of magu (type nägu)
singular plural
nominative magu maod
genitive mao magude
partitive magu magusid
illative makku / maosse magudesse
inessive maos magudes
elative maost magudest
allative maole magudele
adessive maol magudel
ablative maolt magudelt
translative maoks magudeks
terminative maoni magudeni
essive maona magudena
abessive maota magudeta
comitative maoga magudega

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *maku.

Noun

magu (genitive mao, partitive magu)

  1. (archaic) taste, flavour
Declension
Declension of magu (type nägu)
singular plural
nominative magu maod
genitive mao magude
partitive magu magusid
illative makku / maosse magudesse
inessive maos magudes
elative maost magudest
allative maole magudele
adessive maol magudel
ablative maolt magudelt
translative maoks magudeks
terminative maoni magudeni
essive maona magudena
abessive maota magudeta
comitative maoga magudega
Derived terms

Gothic

Romanization

magu

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌿

Japanese

Romanization

magu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of マグ

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maku.

Noun

magu

  1. taste

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *magu, from Proto-Germanic *maguz (“boy”), from Proto-Indo-European *mogʰus (“fellow, bachelor, unmarried”).

Cognate with Old Saxon magu (“boy”), Old Norse mǫgr (“son, boy”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍃 (magus, “child, boy”).

Pronunciation

Noun

magu m (poetic)

  1. boy, son
  2. servant, retainer
  3. man, hero, warrior

Declension

Declension of magu (strong u-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative magu maga
accusative magu maga
genitive maga maga
dative maga magum

Derived terms

Proto-Norse

Romanization

magu

  1. Romanization of ᛗᚨᚷᚢ

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maku.

Noun

magu

  1. taste, flavour

Inflection

Inflection of magu (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing. magu
genitive sing. magun
partitive sing. magud
partitive plur. maguid
singular plural
nominative magu magud
accusative magun magud
genitive magun maguiden
partitive magud maguid
essive-instructive magun maguin
translative maguks maguikš
inessive magus maguiš
elative maguspäi maguišpäi
illative maguhu maguihe
adessive magul maguil
ablative magulpäi maguilpäi
allative magule maguile
abessive maguta maguita
comitative magunke maguidenke
prolative magudme maguidme
approximative I magunno maguidenno
approximative II magunnoks maguidennoks
egressive magunnopäi maguidennopäi
terminative I maguhusai maguihesai
terminative II magulesai maguilesai
terminative III magussai —
additive I maguhupäi maguihepäi
additive II magulepäi maguilepäi

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “вкус”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh magu (“to rear, produce”), from Proto-Brythonic *mėgɨd, from Proto-Celtic *maketi (“to raise”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“long, to raise”).

Pronunciation

Verb

magu (first-person singular present magaf)

  1. (transitive) to rear, to raise, to bring up
  2. (transitive or intransitive) to breed
  3. (transitive) to nurse

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future magaf megi mag, maga magwn megwch, magwch magant megir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		magwn magit magai magem magech magent megid
preterite megais megaist magodd magasom magasoch magasant magwyd
pluperfect magaswn magasit magasai magasem magasech magasent magasid, magesid
present subjunctive magwyf megych mago magom magoch magont mager
imperative — maga maged magwn megwch, magwch magent mager
verbal noun magu
verbal adjectives magedig
magadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future maga i, magaf i magi di magith o/e/hi, magiff e/hi magwn ni magwch chi magan nhw
conditional magwn i, magswn i maget ti, magset ti magai fo/fe/hi, magsai fo/fe/hi magen ni, magsen ni magech chi, magsech chi magen nhw, magsen nhw
preterite magais i, mages i magaist ti, magest ti magodd o/e/hi magon ni magoch chi magon nhw
imperative — maga — — magwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.
  • Alternative third-person singular subjunctive (literary): maco

Derived terms

  • mag (“fry”)
  • magwr (“rearer, fosterer”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
magu fagu unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Wikious
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Sagapedia