aug

aug (not comparable)

1. (music) Clipping of augmented.

aug (plural augs)

1. (science fiction) Clipping of augmentation.

• AGU, GUA, UGA, gau

aug

1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of augt
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of augt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of augt

• ô, oc (Sutsilvan)

Apparently from a Vulgar Latin *aucus, the result of some kind of de-diminutivization of Latin avunculus, with early loss of -v- before a rounded vowel.

aug m (plural augs)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) uncle

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) barba

• (with regards to gender):
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) onda
  • (Vallader) anda
  • (Puter, Vallader) tanta

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “avunculus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 1264

aug n

1. the month of August; Abbreviation of augusti.

• jan - feb - mar - apr - maj - jun - jul - aug - sep - okt - nov - dec

From Proto-Finnic *alku. Cognates include Finnish alku. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. final vowel

aug

1. beginning
2. base, foundation