nuga

See also: nüga, nügă, nugā, and nu-ga

Estonian

Etymology

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

Noun

nuga (genitive noa, partitive nuga)

  1. dagger
  2. knife
  3. blade

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Ingrian: nuka

Further reading

Latin

Noun

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

Noun

nuga ? (??? please provide the declension type!)

  1. nougat

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Lithuanian

Noun

nuga ?

  1. nougat

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French nougat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnu.ɡa/

Noun

nuga f (plural nugale)

  1. nougat

Declension

References

Uzbek

Noun

nuga (plural nugalar)

  1. nougat
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