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nuga

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See also: nüga, nügă, nugā, and nu-ga

Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *nuka. Cognate with Finnish nykä.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈnuɡ̊ɑ/, [ˈnuɡ̊ɑ]

Noun

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nuga (genitive noa, partitive nuga)

  1. knife
    Synonyms: tera, laba
    Miks sa noaga sedasi nusserdad, väitsaga vestetakse.
    Why are you jigging with a knife like that, use the whittle for the sculpting.

Declension

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Declension of nuga (ÕS type 18e/tuba, g-ø gradation)
singular plural
nominative nuga noad
accusative nom.
gen. noa
genitive nugade
partitive nuga nuge
nugasid
illative nukka
noasse
nugadesse
inessive noas nugades
elative noast nugadest
allative noale nugadele
adessive noal nugadel
ablative noalt nugadelt
translative noaks nugadeks
terminative noani nugadeni
essive noana nugadena
abessive noata nugadeta
comitative noaga nugadega

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Ingrian: nuka
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nüsima; nusima; nügima (to nudge)

Associated verbs

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lõikama (to cut); pussitama (to stab); vestma (to whittle); voolima (to sculpt); koorima (to peel); nüritama (to dull); teritama (to sharpen)

Associated nouns

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lõikur (cutter); puss (sheath-knife); pister (dagger); tääk (bayonet); mõõk (sword); kiin (billhook); väits (whittle); käänik (clasp-knife); kurask; käärid (scissors); pardel (razor); raakel (doctor blade); sirp (sickle); vikat (scythe)

Further reading

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  • nuga in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • nuga”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

Latin

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Noun

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nūga f (genitive nūgae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) singular of nūgae (jests, trifles)
    • 1588, Giordano Bruno, Camoeracensis Acrotismus, article 53:
      [] hac nuga, oblitus, non utitur ubi nobilior coeli pars illi sit sub zodiaco []
      [] he does not make use of this trifle—forgotten!—when the nobler part of the sky should be there under the zodiac []
    • 1775, Theophan Prokopovich, Christiana Orthodoxa Theologia [], volume 5, page 27:
      Profecto enim magna est haec nuga.
      For this trifle is actually something great.

Latvian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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nuga f (4th declension)

  1. nougat

Declension

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Lithuanian

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Noun

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nuga ?

  1. nougat

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French nougat.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nuga f (plural nugale)

  1. nougat

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative nuga nugaua nugale nugalele
genitive-dative nugale nugalei nugale nugalelor
vocative

References

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Uzbek

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Noun

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nuga (plural nugalar)

  1. nougat