# muga
## English
### Alternative forms

* mooga, moonga

### Etymology

Borrowed from Assamese মুগা (muga).

### Noun

muga (uncountable)
* 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
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /muɡa/ [mu.ɣ̞a]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uɡa, -a
* Hyphenation: mu‧ga

### Noun

muga inan
* limit, border, frontier
    Synonym: bazter
    Euskal Herriko muga ― the border of the Basque Country
* moment, time

#### 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)
* mug (large cup)

#### 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

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
* Rōmaji transcription of むが

## Karelian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muka.

### Adverb

muga
* so

## Ludian
### Etymology

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

### Adverb

muga
* so

## Maia
### Noun

muga
* bird

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

muga f (definite singular muga, indefinite plural muger or mugor, definite plural mugene or mugone)
* (pre-2012) alternative form of muge
* definite singular of muge

### Verb

muga (present tense mugar, past tense muga, past participle muga, passive infinitive mugast, present participle mugande, imperative muga/mug)
* Alternative form of muge

### Anagrams

* gaum

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* muha, muwa

### 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: /ˈmuː.ɡɑ/, [ˈmuː.ɣɑ]

### Noun

mūga m (nominative plural mūgan)
* stack (of hay, grain etc.)

#### Declension

Weak:

#### 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
* may

#### Descendants

* North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: mei
    Mooring: mooge
* Saterland Frisian: muuge
* West Frisian: meie

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

Borrowed from English mug.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmukə/

### Noun

muga m (plural mugaichean)
* mug (large cup)

### Mutation

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: /ˈmuɡa/ [ˈmu.ɣ̞a]
* Rhymes: -uɡa
* Syllabification: mu‧ga

### Noun

muga f (plural mugas)
* limit, border
* milestone

### Verb

muga
* inflection of mugar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “muga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Veps
### Etymology

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

### Adverb

muga
* so, thus, like that, that way

## Volapük
### Noun

muga
* genitive singular of mug