suga

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See also: súga, sugă, and šuga

Cebuano

Noun

suga

  1. light

Galician

Verb

suga

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

Icelandic

Etymology

Ablaut variation of súga, sjúga (to suck).

Noun

suga f (genitive singular sugu, nominative plural sugur)

  1. sucker (person or device that sucks); often found in compounds
  2. rubber nipple (on a baby bottle)

Declension

References

  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2024), “suga”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *suka, from Proto-Finno-Permic *śuka, borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian .

Noun

suga

  1. comb

Latvian

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Etymology

Borrowed either from Livonian su’g, or from Estonian sugu.

Pronunciation

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Noun

suga f (4th declension)

  1. (taxonomy) species
    Sugu izcelšanāsOrigin of Species
    invazīva sugainvasive species

Declension

Livvi

Suga.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *suka. Cognates include Finnish suka and Veps suga.

Pronunciation

Noun

suga (genitive suvan, partitive sugua)

  1. comb

Declension

Declension of suga (Type 2/boba, g-v gradation)
singular plural
nominative suga suvat
genitive suvan suviin
partitive sugua sugii
illative sugah sugiih
inessive suvas suviis
elative suvaspäi suviispäi
allative suvale suviile
adessive suval suviil
ablative suvalpäi suviilpäi
translative suvakse suviikse
essive suvannu suviinnu
abessive suvattah suviittah
comitative suvanke suviinke
instructive suviin
prolative suvači

References

  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 264

Mansaka

Noun

suga

  1. sun

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsuka/

Verb

suga

  1. inflection of suhkat:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative
    3. imperative connegative

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

suga

  1. inflection of suge:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • suge (e and split infinitives)

Etymology

From Old Norse súga, from Proto-Germanic *sūganą, from Proto-Indo-European *sug-, *suk-.

Pronunciation

Verb

suga (present tense syg, past tense saug, supine soge, past participle sogen, present participle sugande, imperative sug)

  1. to suck

References

Portuguese

Verb

suga

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

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin soca, of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *soucā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (to bend, to cut, to drive), see also Sanskrit सुवति (suvati).[1]

Compare Friulian soe, Venetan soga, Albanian shokë, French suage, Portuguese and Spanish soga.

Noun

suga f (plural sugas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) rope
    Synonym: sughet

References

  1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 558

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sūgha, from Old Norse súga, from Proto-Germanic *sūganą, from Proto-Indo-European *sug-, *suk-. The sense "to be inferior" is a semantic loan from English suck.

Pronunciation

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Noun

suga c

  1. carpet bugle, plants in the genus Ajuga

Declension

Verb

suga (present suger, preterite sög, supine sugit, imperative sug)

  1. to suck (draw with an attractive force, often negative pressure)
    blodsugande insekter
    blood-sucking insects
    Bebisen sög på en napp
    The baby was sucking on a pacifier
  2. (slang) to suck (be very bad or unpleasant)
    Filmen suger
    The movie sucks
    Jag suger på tennis
    I suck at tennis
    Att bli stucken av ett bi suger
    Getting stung by a bee sucks

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish soga.

Pronunciation

Noun

suga (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜄ)

  1. halter; rope; tether (for animals)
    Synonyms: tali, panuga
  2. fastening with a halter or tether (of an animal)
    Synonym: pagsusuga
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

sugâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜄ)

  1. flesh (color/colour)
    Synonyms: engkarnadina, engkarnado, engkarnada
  2. flesh-colored dye
See also

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Cebuano suga.

Pronunciation

Noun

sugâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜄ)

  1. (physics, neologism) light
Derived terms

References

  • del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL

Tausug

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /suɡa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: su‧ga

Noun

suga (Sulat Sūg spelling سُݢَ)

  1. sun

Derived terms

  • panuga (summertime, dry season)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English sugar.

Noun

suga

  1. sugar
  2. sugarcane

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *suka, from Proto-Finno-Permic *śuka, borrowed from Indo-Iranian. Cognates include Finnish suka.

Noun

suga

  1. comb (tool for combing hair)

Inflection

Inflection of suga (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing. suga
genitive sing. sugan
partitive sing. sugad
partitive plur. sugid
singular plural
nominative suga sugad
accusative sugan sugad
genitive sugan sugiden
partitive sugad sugid
essive-instructive sugan sugin
translative sugaks sugikš
inessive sugas sugiš
elative sugaspäi sugišpäi
illative sugaha sugihe
adessive sugal sugil
ablative sugalpäi sugilpäi
allative sugale sugile
abessive sugata sugita
comitative suganke sugidenke
prolative sugadme sugidme
approximative I suganno sugidenno
approximative II sugannoks sugidennoks
egressive sugannopäi sugidennopäi
terminative I sugahasai sugihesai
terminative II sugalesai sugilesai
terminative III sugassai
additive I sugahapäi sugihepäi
additive II sugalepäi sugilepäi

References

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

Waray-Waray

Noun

sugâ

  1. lamp; light; torch