suga

Etymology

Related to Finnish suka.

Noun

suga

1. comb

Verb

suga

1. inflection of suhkat:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

Alternative forms

• suget
• saug (simple past)
• sugde (simple past)
• sugd (past participle)

Verb

suga

1. simple past of suge
2. past participle of suge

Alternative forms

• suge

Etymology

From Old Norse súga, from Proto-Germanic *sūganą, from Proto-Indo-European *sug-, *suk-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sʉːɡɑ/

Verb

suga (present tense syg, past tense saug, past participle soge, present participle sugande, imperative sug)

1. to suck

References

• “suga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Verb

suga

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of sugar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of sugar

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan) suja
• (Surmiran) soua
• (Puter, Vallader) sua

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin soca. Compare Friulian soe, Venetian soga, Albanian shokë, French suage, Spanish and Portuguese soga.

Noun

suga f (plural sugas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) rope

Etymology

From Old Swedish sūgha, from Old Norse súga, from Proto-Germanic *sūganą, from Proto-Indo-European *sug-, *suk-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

suga (present suger, preterite sög, supine sugit, imperative sug)

1. to suck; to draw into, by any means, with an attractive force, usually without direct contact.
2. (slang) to suck; to be inferior

Etymology

From English sugar.

Noun

suga

1. sugar
2. sugarcane

Etymology

Related to Finnish suka.

Noun

suga

1. comb (tool for combing hair)

References

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

Noun

sugâ

1. lamp; light; torch