See also: nüga, nügă, nugā, and nu-ga

Estonian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *nuka. Cognate with Finnish nykä.

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Noun edit

nuga (genitive noa, partitive nuga)

  1. dagger
  2. knife
  3. blade

Declension edit

Declension of nuga (ÕS type 18e/tuba, g-ø gradation)
singular plural
nominative nuga noad
accusative nom.
gen. noa
genitive nugade
partitive nuga nuge
nugasid
illative nukka
noasse
nugadesse
inessive noas nugades
elative noast nugadest
allative noale nugadele
adessive noal nugadel
ablative noalt nugadelt
translative noaks nugadeks
terminative noani nugadeni
essive noana nugadena
abessive noata nugadeta
comitative noaga nugadega

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Descendants edit

  • Ingrian: nuka

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Latin edit

Noun edit

nūga f (genitive nūgae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) singular of nūgae (jests, trifles)
    • 1588, Giordano Bruno, Camoeracensis Acrotismus, article 53:
      [] hac nuga, oblitus, non utitur ubi nobilior coeli pars illi sit sub zodiaco []
      [] he does not make use of this trifle—forgotten!—when the nobler part of the sky should be there under the zodiac []
    • 1775, Theophan Prokopovich, Christiana Orthodoxa Theologia [], volume 5, page 27:
      Profecto enim magna est haec nuga.
      For this trifle is actually something great.

Latvian edit

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nuga ? (??? please provide the declension type!)

  1. nougat

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Lithuanian edit

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nuga ?

  1. nougat

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Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French nougat.

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Noun edit

nuga f (plural nugale)

  1. nougat

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Uzbek edit

Noun edit

nuga (plural nugalar)

  1. nougat