lugu

See also: lúgu, lúgǔ, lùgǔ, and ługu

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *luku. Related to Finnish luku.

Noun

lugu (genitive loo, partitive lugu)

1. tale, story

Declension

Declension of lugu (type nägu)

	singular	plural
nominative	lugu	lood
genitive	loo	lugude
partitive	lugu	lugusid
illative	lukku / loosse	lugudesse
inessive	loos	lugudes
elative	loost	lugudest
allative	loole	lugudele
adessive	lool	lugudel
ablative	loolt	lugudelt
translative	looks	lugudeks
terminative	looni	lugudeni
essive	loona	lugudena
abessive	loota	lugudeta
comitative	looga	lugudega

Derived terms

• ajalugu
• elulugu

 

Further reading

• “lugu”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “lugu”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• lugu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *luku. Compare Finnish luku.

Noun

lugu

1. number

Latvian

Noun

lugu

1. inflection of luga:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular
   2. genitive plural

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *luku. Cognates include Finnish luku and Ingrian luku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluɡu/
• Hyphenation: lu‧gu

Noun

lugu (genitive luvun, partitive luguu)

1. number
2. chapter
3. count

Synonyms

• (chapter): oza
• (count): lasku

References

• Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 68

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *luku. Cognates include Finnish luku.

Noun

lugu

1. number

Maguindanao

Noun

lugu

1. Alternative form of rugu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Metaphony of lègu f.

Noun

lugu f (definite singular lugo or lugu or lugua)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of lege f (“lying place”) (see main entry for more definitions)
   • 1994, Hermann Aune, “Vakkerbrura”, in Viser og dikt i samling, page 81:

     Og nei fekk kallen kvar gong av førkja og berre fantord og inga lugu, ja berre fantord.

     And the bloke was refused every time by the woman, only scorn and no sex, yes only scorn.

   • 1908, Kristofer Uppdal, “Naar nattkvila kom”, in Sol-laug, Kristiania: Norli, page 16:

     Dei laag ikkje saman, // nei langt der i fraa. // Dei lugu si hadde i // kvar si kraa.

     They didn't lie together. // Far from it. // They had their lying place[s] in // each their own corner.

2. (dialectal, architecture) a barn for storage, or a separate storage room, located within a barn

   Synonym: løe

   • 1985, Stian Henneseid, Gards- og ættesoga (Bø-soga; II), volume III, page 144:

     Den gamle lugo […] hadde Torgrim fått av syster si[.]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

Metaphony of lògu f.

Noun

lugu f (definite singular lugua)

1. (dialectal, weaving) alternative form of loge f (“warp thread”)
   • 1968, Halvor Floden, Ein fjellgard (Norsk folkeminnelags skrifter; 102), Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, page 156:

     Mor brukte «kam», ikkje sveipeskei. Kammen var av tre, med grove tindar. Ein kunne opne han og leggje enden av vevrompa ned mellom tindane, lugu for lugu.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Ivar Aasen (1850) “Lugu”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎^[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

Old Irish

Etymology

From earlier laigiu, from Proto-Celtic *lagyūs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“lightweight”). Cognate with Welsh llai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈl͈uɣu]

Adjective

lugu

1. comparative degree of bec

Descendants

• Irish: lú
• Scottish Gaelic: lugha

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
lugu also llugu after a proclitic	lugu pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

lugu (Cyrillic spelling лугу)

1. dative/vocative/locative singular of lug

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *luku.

Noun

lugu

1. number, quantity

Inflection

Inflection of lugu (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	lugu
genitive sing.	lugun
partitive sing.	lugud
partitive plur.	luguid
	singular	plural
nominative	lugu	lugud
accusative	lugun	lugud
genitive	lugun	luguiden
partitive	lugud	luguid
essive-instructive	lugun	luguin
translative	luguks	luguikš
inessive	lugus	luguiš
elative	luguspäi	luguišpäi
illative	luguhu	luguihe
adessive	lugul	luguil
ablative	lugulpäi	luguilpäi
allative	lugule	luguile
abessive	luguta	luguita
comitative	lugunke	luguidenke
prolative	lugudme	luguidme
approximative I	lugunno	luguidenno
approximative II	lugunnoks	luguidennoks
egressive	lugunnopäi	luguidennopäi
terminative I	luguhusai	luguihesai
terminative II	lugulesai	luguilesai
terminative III	lugussai	—
additive I	luguhupäi	luguihepäi
additive II	lugulepäi	luguilepäi

Derived terms

• üks'lugu
• äilugu

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “цифра, число”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika