muga

See also: MUGA and mūga

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Assamese মুগা (muga).

Noun

muga (uncountable)

  1. A type of wild silk found in Assam.
    • 2005, Brenda M King, Silk and Empire, p. 71:
      Muga (from the Antheroea Assama moth) silk was produced in Assam; the muga silkworm fed on a tree known as champa.
    • 2011, Deepika Phukan, translating Arupa Patangia Kalita, The Story of Felanee:
      She was wearing a mauve blouse, a matching mauve bordered sador and a plain muga mekhela.

Anagrams

Basque

Noun

muga

  1. limit, border, frontier
    Euskal Herriko muga ― the border of the Basque Country
  2. moment, time

Declension

muga
(inanimate noun) declension
indefinite singular plural
absolutivemugamugamugak
ergativemugakmugakmugek
dativemugarimugarimugei
genitivemugarenmugarenmugen
comitativemugarekinmugarekinmugekin
causativemugarengatikmugarengatikmugengatik
benefactivemugarentzatmugarentzatmugentzat
instrumentalmugazmugazmugez
inessivemugatanmuganmugetan
locativemugatakomugakomugetako
allativemugataramugaramugetara
terminativemugatarainomugarainomugetaraino
directivemugatarantzmugarantzmugetarantz
destinativemugatarakomugarakomugetarako
ablativemugatatikmugatikmugetatik
partitivemugarik
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prolativemugatzat
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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mug.

Noun

muga m (genitive singular muga, nominative plural mugaí)

  1. mug

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

  • "muga" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “mug” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Karelian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish muka.

Adverb

muga

  1. so

Ludian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish muka.

Adverb

muga

  1. so

Maia

Noun

muga

  1. bird

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mūgô. Akin to Old Norse múgi (“swathe, crowd”), múgr (“crowd, mob”) (Norwegian muge (“pile, heap”), Faroese múgva/múgvi (“crowd”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmuːɣɑ/

Noun

mūga m (nominative plural mūgan)

  1. stack (of hay, grain etc.)

Declension

Descendants

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-, *megʰ-. Compare Old Saxon and Old Dutch mugan, Old English magan, Old High German mugan, Old Norse mega, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 (magan).

Verb

muga

  1. may

Descendants

  • North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: mei
    Mooring: mooge
  • Saterland Frisian: muuge
  • West Frisian: meie

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque muga.

Noun

muga f (plural mugas)

  1. limit, border
  2. milestone

Veps

Etymology

Akin to Finnish muka.

Adverb

muga

  1. so

Volapük

Noun

muga

  1. genitive singular of mug
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