muga

See also: MUGA, muga-, mugá, mūga, and mʉ́ɣá

English

Alternative forms

• moga, mooga, moonga, mugga, munga

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

Basque

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muɡa/ [mu.ɣ̞a]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uɡa, -a
• Hyphenation: mu‧ga

Noun

muga inan

1. limit, border, frontier

   Synonym: bazter

   Euskal Herriko muga ― the border of the Basque Country

2. moment, time

Declension

Declension of muga (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	muga	muga	mugak	mugok
ergative	mugak	mugak	mugek	mugok
dative	mugari	mugari	mugei	mugoi
genitive	mugaren	mugaren	mugen	mugon
comitative	mugarekin	mugarekin	mugekin	mugokin
causative	mugarengatik	mugarengatik	mugengatik	mugongatik
benefactive	mugarentzat	mugarentzat	mugentzat	mugontzat
instrumental	mugaz	mugaz	mugez	mugotaz
innesive	mugatan	mugan	mugetan	mugotan
locative	mugatako	mugako	mugetako	mugotako
allative	mugatara	mugara	mugetara	mugotara
terminative	mugataraino	mugaraino	mugetaraino	mugotaraino
directive	mugatarantz	mugarantz	mugetarantz	mugotarantz
destinative	mugatarako	mugarako	mugetarako	mugotarako
ablative	mugatatik	mugatik	mugetatik	mugotatik
partitive	mugarik	—	—	—
prolative	mugatzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• azken muga
• muga-adlatibo
• muga-barru
• muga-egun
• muga-zerga
• mugadun
• mugaezin
• mugagabe
• mugagabeko
• mugagabetasun
• mugagaitz
• mugagarri
• mugaketa
• mugakide
• mugakidetasun
• mugako
• mugalari
• mugalde
• mugaldi
• mugan
• mugape
• mugapen
• mugaratu
• mugarri
• mugarriztatu
• mugarte
• mugatsu
• mugatu
• mugatzaile
• mugaz
• mugazain
• mugazaingo
• mugazaintza

Descendants

• → Aragonese: muga
• → Spanish: muga

Further reading

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

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mug.

Noun

muga m (genitive singular muga, nominative plural mugaí)

1. mug (large cup)

Declension

Declension of muga (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative muga mugaí vocative a mhuga a mhugaí genitive muga mugaí dative muga mugaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an muga na mugaí genitive an mhuga na mugaí dative leis an muga don mhuga leis na mugaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of muga

radical	lenition	eclipsis
muga	mhuga	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “muga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “mug”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Japanese

Romanization

muga

1. Rōmaji transcription of むが

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muka.

Adverb

muga

1. so

Ludian

Etymology

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

Adverb

muga

1. so

Maia

Noun

muga

1. bird

Norwegian Nynorsk

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

Old English

Alternative forms

• mūha, mūwa

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.)

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	mūga	mūgan
accusative	mūgan	mūgan
genitive	mūgan	mūgena
dative	mūgan	mūgum

Descendants

• English: mow

Old Frisian

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

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: mei

  Mooring: mooge

  Sylt: mai

• Saterland Frisian: muuge
• West Frisian: meie

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from English mug.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmukə/

Noun

muga m (plural mugaichean)

1. mug (large cup)

Mutation

Mutation of muga

radical	lenition
muga	mhuga

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Spanish

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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Veps

Etymology

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

Adverb

muga

1. so, thus, like that, that way

Volapük

Noun

muga

1. genitive singular of mug