# suga
## Cebuano
### Noun

suga
* light

## Galician
### Verb

suga
* inflection of sugar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Icelandic
### Etymology

Ablaut variation of súga, sjúga (“to suck”).

### Noun

suga f (genitive singular sugu, nominative plural sugur)
* sucker (person or device that sucks); often found in compounds
* rubber nipple (on a baby bottle)

#### Declension
### References

* Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “suga”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
* Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

## Japanese
### Romanization

suga
* Rōmaji transcription of すが

## Karelian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *suka, from Proto-Finno-Permic *śuka, borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?].

### Noun

suga
* comb

## Latvian
### Etymology

Borrowed either from Livonian su’g, or from Estonian sugu.

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

suga f (4th declension)
* (taxonomy) species
    Sugu izcelšanās ― Origin of Species
    invazīva suga ― invasive species

#### Declension
## Livvi
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *suka. Cognates include Finnish suka and Veps suga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsuɡɑ/
* Hyphenation: su‧ga
* Rhymes: -uɡɑ

### Noun

suga (genitive suvan, partitive sugua)
* comb

#### Declension
### References

* Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 264

## Mansaka
### Noun

suga
* sun

## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈsuka/

### Verb

suga
* inflection of suhkat:
** present indicative connegative
** second-person singular imperative
** imperative connegative

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* suget
* saug, sugde (simple past)
* sugd (past participle)

### Verb

suga
* inflection of suge:
** simple past
** past participle

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* suge (e and split infinitives)

### Etymology

From Old Norse súga, from Proto-Germanic *sūganą, from Proto-Indo-European *sug-, *suk-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²sʉːɡɑ/

### Verb

suga (present tense syg, past tense saug, supine soge, past participle sogen, present participle sugande, imperative sug)
* to suck

### References

* “suga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsu.ɡɑ/, [ˈsu.ɣɑ]

### Noun

suga
* nominative/accusative/genitive plural of sugu

## Portuguese
### Verb

suga
* inflection of sugar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* suja (Sutsilvan)
* soua (Surmiran)
* sua (Puter, Vallader)

### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin soca, of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *soucā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to bend, to cut, to drive”), see also Sanskrit सुवति (suvati).
Compare Friulian soe, Venetan soga, Albanian shokë, French suage, Portuguese and Spanish soga.

### Noun

suga f (plural sugas)
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) rope
    Synonym: sughet

### References

* ↑ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 558

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish sūgha, from Old Norse súga, from Proto-Germanic *sūganą, from Proto-Indo-European *sug-, *suk-. The sense "to be inferior" is a semantic loan from English suck.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

suga c
* carpet bugle, plants in the genus Ajuga

#### Declension
### Verb

suga (present suger, preterite sög, supine sugit, imperative sug)
* to suck (draw with an attractive force, often negative pressure)
    blodsugande insekterblood-sucking insects
    Bebisen sög på en nappThe baby was sucking on a pacifier
* (slang) to suck (be very bad or unpleasant)
    Filmen sugerThe movie sucks
    Jag suger på tennisI suck at tennis
    Att bli stucken av ett bi sugerGetting stung by a bee sucks

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Antonyms

* blåsa

#### Derived terms

* avsuga
* avsugare
* avsugning
* dammsuga
* dammsugare
* insuga
* sug
* sug min balle
* sug min kuk
* sug min röv
* sug och svälj, trevlig helg
* suga av
* suga balle
* suga kuk
* suga röv
* suga ut
* sugare
* sugen
* sugning
* utsuga
* utsugare

#### See also

* sucka
* sugga

### References

* suga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* suga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* suga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Further reading

* suga in Svensk ordbok.

### Anagrams

* Sagu

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish soga.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈsuɡa/ [ˈsuː.ɣɐ]
* Rhymes: -uɡa
* Syllabification: su‧ga

#### Noun

suga (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜄ)
* halter; rope; tether (for animals)
    Synonyms: tali, panuga
* fastening with a halter or tether (of an animal)
    Synonym: pagsusuga

##### Derived terms

* pagsusuga
* panuga

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /suˈɡaʔ/ [sʊˈɣaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: su‧ga

#### Noun

sugâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜄ)
* flesh (color/colour)
    Synonyms: engkarnadina, engkarnado, engkarnada
* flesh-colored dye

##### See also

* dampol

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Cebuano suga.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /suˈɡaʔ/ [sʊˈɣaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: su‧ga

#### Noun

sugâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜄ) (physics, neologism)
* light

##### Derived terms

* bilis ng suga
* dalubsugaan
* pagsusuga
* sugaan
* sugaanin
* sugadagitban
* sugadagitbin
* sugasukod
* suglaguman

### References

* del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL

## Tausug
### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /suɡa/ [sʊˈɣɑ]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: su‧ga

### Noun

suga (Sulat Sūg spelling سُݢَ)
* sun

#### Derived terms

* panuga (“summertime, dry season”)

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English sugar.

### Noun

suga
* sugar
** 2002, anonymous author, Kirap!‎:Narapela samting tu i kamapim bagarap long skin, em ol birua na sik samting, olsem sik suga.Also taking a toll are accidents and disease, such as diabetes.
* sugarcane

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *suka, from Proto-Finno-Permic *śuka, borrowed from Indo-Iranian. Cognates include Finnish suka.

### Noun

suga
* comb (tool for combing hair)

#### Inflection
### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “гребень”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

## Waray-Waray
### Noun

sugâ
* lamp; light; torch