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agu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "agu"

Translingual

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agu

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Aguacateca.

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Albanian

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Noun

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agu

  1. inflection of ag:
    1. definite nominative singular
    2. indefinite dative/ablative singular

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaɡu/
  • Audio 1:(file)
  • Audio 2:(file)
  • Audio 3:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɡu
  • Syllabification: a‧gu

Verb

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agu

  1. imperative of agi

Estonian

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Etymology

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Unknown. Several theories exist:

Noun

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agu (genitive ao, partitive agu)

  1. morning twilight

Declension

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Declension of agu (ÕS type 18/nägu, g-ø gradation)
singular plural
nominative agu aod
accusative nom.
gen. ao
genitive agude
partitive agu agusid
illative akku
aosse 		agudesse
inessive aos agudes
elative aost agudest
allative aole agudele
adessive aol agudel
ablative aolt agudelt
translative aoks agudeks
terminative aoni agudeni
essive aona agudena
abessive aota agudeta
comitative aoga agudega

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Garifuna

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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agu

  1. (anatomy) eye

Inflection

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Possessives of agu
singular plural
first nagu wagu
second bagu hagu
third masculine feminine hagu
lagu tagu

Japanese

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Romanization

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agu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あぐ

Kabuverdianu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Portuguese água.

Noun

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agu

  1. (Sotavento) water

References

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  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015), Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary (overall work in English), Mili Mila, →ISBN
  • Veiga, Manuel (2012), Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Kristang

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Noun

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agu

  1. water

References

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  • John A. Holm, Pidgins and Creoles, volume 2, page 296: Malacca CP "mpoku agu" [some water]
  • Alan N. Baxter, A grammar of Kristang: (Malacca Creole Portuguese) (1988)

Middle French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French agu.

Adjective

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agu m (feminine singular ague, masculine plural agus, feminine plural agues)

  1. sharp

Descendants

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  • French: aigu
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: aigu

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *agu, further etymology unknown. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oḱ-éh₂, from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”); however, the variant *ag-ad- ~ *ag-at- perhaps points to a substrate borrowing, cf. *magaþ (“girl”).

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Noun

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agu f

  1. (hapax legomenon) magpie

Declension

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Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative agu aga, age
accusative age aga, age
genitive age aga
dative age agum

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Salar

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Etymology

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Derived from Chinese 姑 (gū).

Pronunciation

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  • (Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /ɑːku/
  • (Ili, Xinjiang; Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /ɑku/

Noun

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agu

  1. elder or younger sister of father; paternal aunt
    Antonym: acü (“elder or younger brother of mother; maternal uncle”)
    Agum işni it gelci.
    My aunt has done the job (and, she) has come here.
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  • bo (“elder brother of father; elder paternal uncle”)
  • baba (“elder brother of father; elder paternal uncle”)
  • dada (“younger brother of father; younger paternal uncle”)
  • ayi (“elder or younger sister of mother; maternal aunt”)

References

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  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “agu”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow: Nauka, page 286
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “agu”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 38
  • 马伟 [Ma Wei] (2016), “agu”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 [Qīnghǎi, Qinghai]: 青海师范大学 [Qinghai Normal University], unpublished finalized project manuscript (国家社会科学基金项目结项稿, 定稿; National Social Science Fund of China), pages 58, 271

Sranan Tongo

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From English hog.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aɡu/, [a̠ɡu], [ɑ̟ɡu]

Noun

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agu

  1. pig, hog
    • 1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore‎[2], New York: Columbia University Press, page 424:
      Bɔfru dɛ krei̯, Dia dɛ krei̯, Tamanwa 'ɛ krei̯. Nō mō ala den meti 'ɛ gowe wą' wą'. Nō mō Hagu drapɛ, 'ɛ bari, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / Mi yɛre suma dɛdɛ, / Ma karaki dɛ bro.’
      [Bofru e krei, Dia e krei, Tamanwa e krei. Nomo ala den meti e gwe wanwan. Nomo Agu drape e bari, 'Bia, bia, bia / Mi yere suma dede / Ma karaki e bro.']
      Buffalo was crying, Deer was crying, Anteater was crying. No sooner did all the animals go away one by one, than Hog called out, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / I hear a person died, / But his backside breathes.’

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References

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  • Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “agu”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary

Timor Pidgin

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Noun

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agu

  1. water

References

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  • John A. Holm, Pidgins and Creoles: Volume 2, Reference Survey (1988), page 296

Turkish

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Interjection

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agu

  1. a word to affectionately address an infant being nursed
    Synonym: agucuk

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  • “agu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Weyewa

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Verb

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agu

  1. (Loli) to grasp; embrace

References

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  • Lobu Ori, S,Pd, M.Pd (2010), “agu”, in Kamus Bahasa Lolina [Dictionary of the Loli Language] (in Indonesian), Waikabubak: Kepala Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Barat
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