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mugu

mugu

See also: muku, muĝu, and mùgǔ

English

Noun

mugu (plural mugus)

  1. (South Africa, Nigeria) Alternative spelling of moegoe
    • 2010, Sefi Atta, News from Home: Stories (page 245)
      They sent emails asking mugus to wire funds in order to claim nonexistent prizes.

Dharug

Alternative forms

Noun

mugu

  1. hatchet
    • 1793, Watkin Tench, A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson
      ‘Bulla mogo parrabugo’ (two hatchets to-morrow) I repeatedly cried; but having probably experienced our insincerity, he rejected the proposal with disdain.

References

  • Troy, Jakelin (1994). “The Sydney Language”, Macquarie Aboriginal Words. Sydney: Macquarie Library, 67.

Guugu Yimidhirr

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muɡu/

Etymology

From Proto-Paman *muku "bone", from Proto-Pama-Maric *muku, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *muku.

Noun

mugu

  1. back
  2. seed, shell

Synonyms

  • yangay (avoidance language)

References

  • Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
  • Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.

Volapük

Noun

mugu

  1. predicative singular of mug