muga

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See also: MUGA and mūga

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Assamese মুগা (muga).

Noun

muga (uncountable)

  1. A type of wild silk found in Assam.
    • 2005, Brenda M King, Silk and Empire, page 71:
      Muga (from the Antheroea Assama moth) silk was produced in Assam; the muga silkworm fed on a tree known as champa.
    • 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:
      She was wearing a mauve blouse, a matching mauve bordered sador and a plain muga mekhela.

Anagrams

Basque

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

muga inan

  1. limit, border, frontier
    Euskal Herriko muga ― the border of the Basque Country
  2. moment, time

Declension

Declension of muga (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive muga muga mugak
ergative mugak mugak mugek
dative mugari mugari mugei
genitive mugaren mugaren mugen
comitative mugarekin mugarekin mugekin
causative mugarengatik mugarengatik mugengatik
benefactive mugarentzat mugarentzat mugentzat
instrumental mugaz mugaz mugez
inessive mugatan mugan mugetan
locative mugatako mugako mugetako
allative mugatara mugara mugetara
terminative mugataraino mugaraino mugetaraino
directive mugatarantz mugarantz mugetarantz
destinative mugatarako mugarako mugetarako
ablative mugatatik mugatik mugetatik
partitive mugarik — —
prolative mugatzat — —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Aragonese: muga
  • → Spanish: muga

Further reading

  • "muga" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “muga” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mug.

Noun

muga m (genitive singular muga, nominative plural mugaí)

  1. mug (large cup)

Declension

Declension of muga

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative muga mugaí
Vocative a mhuga a mhugaí
Genitive muga mugaí
Dative muga mugaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an muga na mugaí
Genitive an mhuga na mugaí
Dative leis an muga

don mhuga

leis na mugaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
muga mhuga not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “mug”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Japanese

Romanization

muga

  1. Rōmaji transcription of むが

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muka.

Adverb

muga

  1. so

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muka. Cognates include Finnish muka.

Adverb

muga

  1. so

Maia

Noun

muga

  1. bird

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

muga f (definite singular muga, indefinite plural muger or mugor, definite plural mugene or mugone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of muge
  2. definite singular of muge

Verb

muga (present tense mugar, past tense muga, past participle muga, passive infinitive mugast, present participle mugande, imperative muga/mug)

  1. Alternative form of muge

Anagrams

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mūgô, from Proto-Indo-European *muk- (“heap”), similar to Ancient Greek μύκων (múkōn, “pile”).

Akin to Old Norse múgi (“swathe, crowd”), múgr (“crowd, mob”) (Norwegian muge (“pile, heap”), Faroese múgva/múgvi (“crowd”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

mūga m (nominative plural mūgan)

  1. stack (of hay, grain etc.)

Declension

Declension of muga (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative mūga mūgan
accusative mūgan mūgan
genitive mūgan mūgena
dative mūgan mūgum

Descendants

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *magan.

Compare Old Saxon and Old Dutch mugan, Old English magan, Old High German mugan, Old Norse mega, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 (magan).

Verb

muga

  1. may

Descendants

  • North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: mei
    Mooring: mooge
  • Saterland Frisian: muuge
  • West Frisian: meie

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from English mug.

Pronunciation

Noun

muga m (plural mugaichean)

  1. mug (large cup)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
muga mhuga
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque muga (“border”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmuɡa/
  • Rhymes: -uɡa
  • Syllabification: mu‧ga

Noun

muga f (plural mugas)

  1. limit, border
  2. milestone

Verb

muga

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

Further reading

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muka. Cognates include Finnish muka.

Adverb

muga

  1. so, thus, like that, that way

Volapük

Noun

muga

  1. genitive singular of mug
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