puga

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Spanish fuga, from Latin fuga, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰugéh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɡa/,
• Hyphenation: pu‧ga

Verb

puga (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜄ)

1. to escape from prison

Etymology 2

Compare Tagalog piga.

Verb

pugâ (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜄ)

1. to squeeze
2. to wring

Galician

Alternative forms

• púa

Etymology

Unknown; perhaps related to Latin pungō (“I prick”) and pūgiō (“dagger”). Cognate with Portuguese pua and Spanish púa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɣa̝/

Noun

puga f (plural pugas)

1. one of many large nails used to fasten a metal tyre to each one of the wheels of the traditional Galician cart

   Synonym: raigada

2. scion, graft

   Synonyms: esgallo, tano

3. prong; sharp end

References

• “puga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “puga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “puga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Kapampangan

Noun

pugá

1. eggs of crabs or fish

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *spugeh₂. Cognates include Ancient Greek πῡγή (pūgḗ), Old High German fochen, and Old Church Slavonic паoуга (paouga), пѫга (pǫga).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ɡa/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ɡa/,

Noun

pūga f (genitive pūgae); first declension

1. (anatomy) buttock

   Synonyms: clūnis, natis

   • 65 BCE – 8 BCE, Horace, Saturae 1.2.133:

     nē nummī pereant aut pūga aut dēniqua fāma.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• dēpūgis

Related terms

• cūlus
• pōdex

References

• “puga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• puga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• puga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈɡa/,
• Hyphenation: pu‧ga

Noun

pugá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜄ)

1. eggs of crabs or fish

Derived terms

• pugahan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish fuga (“escape”), from Latin fuga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɡa/,
• Hyphenation: pu‧ga

Noun

puga (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜄ)

1. escape from prison

   Synonyms: pagtakas, pagtanan

2. escaped prisoner

   Synonym: takas

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “puga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *pəʀəq.

Verb

puga

1. to squeeze out fluid

Veps

Etymology

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

Noun

puga

1. rump, bottom thick part

Inflection

References

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