muga

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, page 71:

     Muga (from the Antheroea Assama moth) silk was produced in Assam; the muga silkworm fed on a tree known as champa.

   • 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:

     She was wearing a mauve blouse, a matching mauve bordered sador and a plain muga mekhela.

Anagrams

• GUAM, Guam, Guma, Umag, gaum

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muɡa/ [mu.ɣ̞a]

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• Rhymes: -uɡa
• Hyphenation: mu‧ga

Noun

muga inan

1. limit, border, frontier

   Synonym: bazter

   Euskal Herriko muga ― the border of the Basque Country

2. moment, time

Further reading

• “muga”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “muga”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Etymology

Borrowed from English mug.

Noun

muga m (genitive singular muga, nominative plural mugaí)

1. mug (large cup)

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “mug”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Romanization

muga

1. Rōmaji transcription of むが

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muka.

Adverb

muga

1. so

Etymology

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

Adverb

muga

1. so

Noun

muga

1. bird

Noun

muga f (definite singular muga, indefinite plural muger or mugor, definite plural mugene or mugone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of muge
2. definite singular of muge

Verb

muga (present tense mugar, past tense muga, past participle muga, passive infinitive mugast, present participle mugande, imperative muga/mug)

1. Alternative form of muge

Anagrams

• gaum

Alternative forms

• muha, muwa

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mūgô, from Proto-Indo-European *muk- (“heap”), similar to Ancient Greek μύκων (múkōn, “pile”).

Akin to Old Norse múgi (“swathe, crowd”), múgr (“crowd, mob”) (Norwegian muge (“pile, heap”), Faroese múgva/múgvi (“crowd”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.ɡɑ/, [ˈmuː.ɣɑ]

Noun

mūga m (nominative plural mūgan)

1. stack (of hay, grain etc.)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *magan.

Compare Old Saxon and Old Dutch mugan, Old English magan, Old High German mugan, Old Norse mega, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 (magan).

Verb

muga

1. may

Etymology

Borrowed from English mug.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmukə/

Noun

muga m (plural mugaichean)

1. mug (large cup)

Mutation

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque muga (“border”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuɡa/ [ˈmu.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -uɡa
• Syllabification: mu‧ga

Noun

muga f (plural mugas)

1. limit, border
2. milestone

Verb

muga

1. inflection of mugar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “muga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Etymology

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

Adverb

muga

1. so, thus, like that, that way

Noun

muga

1. genitive singular of mug