nuga
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *nuka. Cognate with Finnish nykä.
Declension
Declension of nuga (ÕS type 18e/tuba, g-ø gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nuga | noad |
| genitive | noa | 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
- leivanuga (“bread knife”)
Descendants
- → Ingrian: nuka
Latin
Noun
nūga f (genitive nūgae); first declension
- (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
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnu.ɡa/
Declension
References
- nuga in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Uzbek
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