sigu

Estonian edit

Noun edit

sigu

partitive plural of siga

Icelandic edit

Verb edit

sigu

third-person plural past indicative of síga

Kavalan edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Hokkien 水牛 (chúi-gû, “water buffalo”).

Noun edit

sigu

buffalo; water buffalo

Old High German edit

Alternative forms edit

sigo, sigi

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *sigʀ, from Proto-Germanic *segaz. Compare Old Saxon sigi, Old English siġe, sigor, Old Norse sigr, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍃 (sigis).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /s̠iɡu/

Noun edit

sigu m

victory

Declension edit

Declension of sigu (masculine i-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	sigu	sigui
accusative	sigu	sigui
genitive	sigues	siguo
dative	sigue	siguim, siguen
instrumental	siguu	—

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

German: Sieg

References edit

Joseph Wright, 'An Old High German Primer, Second Edition'

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