muga
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Assamese মুগা (muga).
Noun edit
muga (uncountable)
- 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 edit
Basque edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
muga inan
Declension edit
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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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 edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
muga m (genitive singular muga, nominative plural mugaí)
- mug (large cup)
Declension edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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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 edit
- 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 edit
Romanization edit
muga
Karelian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *muka.
Adverb edit
muga
Ludian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *muka. Cognates include Finnish muka.
Adverb edit
muga
Maia edit
Noun edit
muga
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
muga f (definite singular muga, indefinite plural muger or mugor, definite plural mugene or mugone)
Verb edit
muga (present tense mugar, past tense muga, past participle muga, passive infinitive mugast, present participle mugande, imperative muga/mug)
- Alternative form of muge
Anagrams edit
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
mūga m (nominative plural mūgan)
- stack (of hay, grain etc.)
Declension edit
Descendants edit
- English: mow
Old Frisian edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
muga
Descendants edit
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
muga m (plural mugaichean)
- mug (large cup)
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
muga | mhuga |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Basque muga (“border”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
muga f (plural mugas)
Verb edit
muga
- inflection of mugar:
Further reading edit
- “muga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Veps edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *muka. Cognates include Finnish muka.
Adverb edit
muga
Volapük edit
Noun edit
muga