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cag

See also: CAG, çağ, cág, and Çağ

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English kag, of North Germanic origin, related to Old Norse kaggi, Swedish kagge.

Noun

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cag (plural cags)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) A keg.

Etymology 2

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Shortening.

Noun

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cag (plural cags)

  1. (British, informal) Short for cagoule.

Etymology 3

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From English dialect, from Middle English *kagge, perhaps from Old Norse *kagi, *kaggi, from Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush, stump”). Cognate with dialectal German Kag (“cabbage stalk, stump”), Swedish kage (“treestump”). Possibly from the same root as Old Norse kaggi (“barrel, cask, keg”).[1] Doublet of chag.

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Noun

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cag (plural cags)

  1. (dialectal) A projecting piece left on a tree or shrub when a branch is severed; knob; stump.
  2. (dialectal) The stump of a broken tooth; a tooth standing alone.
  3. (dialectal) An angular tear or rent in a piece of cloth.
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Etymology 4

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Uncertain. Cognate with Scots kag, kagg (“to vex, grieve”). Perhaps from Middle English caggen (“to tie, bind”), possibly from or related to Old Norse kǫgurr (“quilt, blanket, bedcover, coffin cloth”). Alternatively, perhaps allied with Norwegian Nynorsk kjaka (“to wrangle, harass”).

Verb

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cag (third-person singular simple present cags, present participle cagging, simple past and past participle cagged)

  1. (slang, now dialectal, transitive) To vex; annoy; insult, offend; grieve.
    • 1824, Pierce Egan, Boxiana; Or, Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism, page 344:
      If a little petulance be discovered in SPRING's printed reply, perhaps it was cagged out of him by the very unceremonious manner of approach adopted by Langan and Reynolds […]
  2. (slang, now dialectal, transitive) To chatter, gossip.
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References
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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

References

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  1. ^ Liberman, A. (2009). Word Origins And How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone. United States: Oxford University Press, p. 179

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Mapudungun

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Noun

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cag (Raguileo spelling)

  1. (anatomy) leg
  2. (anatomy) thigh
  3. hook

References

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  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Somali

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Noun

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cag ?

  1. foot

White Hmong

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hmong *ɟoŋᴬ (“root”); probably related to Proto-Mien *ndzuŋᴬ (“id”).[1]

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Noun

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cag

  1. root
    Ntoo muaj cag loj. ― The tree has a big root.

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 73; 273.

Zhuang

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *ɟɤːkᴰ (“rope; cord”). Cognate with Thai เชือก (chʉ̂ʉak), Lao ເຊືອກ (sư̄ak), Lü ᦵᦋᦲᧅ (tsoek), Tai Dam ꪹꪋꪀ, Shan ၸိူၵ်ႈ (tsōek), Tai Nüa ᥓᥫᥐ (tsoek), Ahom 𑜋𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫 (chük), Nong Zhuang zowg.

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Noun

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cag (Sawndip forms 𰫦 or 䋏 or 䌇 or ⿰糹长, 1957–1982 spelling cag)

  1. rope; string; cord
    Synonym: (dialectal) cieg

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