muga
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Assamese মুগা (muga).
Noun
muga (uncountable)
- 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.
- 2005, Brenda M King, Silk and Empire, p. 71:
Basque
Noun
muga
Declension
(inanimate noun) declension of muga
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Irish
Declension
Declension of muga
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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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.
Maia
Old English
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/
Declension
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).
Volapük
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