auga

See also:augā

Estonian

Noun

auga

1. comitativesingularofau

Galician

River Té, Rianxo, Galicia

Alternative forms

• agua,augua,augha
• agoa(obsolete)

Etymology

FromOld Galician-Portugueseauga(13th century,Cantigas de Santa Maria),augua,agoa;from olderagua(through metathesis), fromLatinaqua,fromProto-Indo-European*h₂ekʷeh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈawɡa/[ˈɑw.ɣ̞ɐ]

• IPA^(key):(standard)/ˈawɡa/[ˈɑw.ɣ̞ɐ]
• IPA^(key):(gheada)/ˈawħa/[ˈɑw.ħɐ]

• Rhymes:-awɡa

• Rhymes:-awɡa
• Rhymes:-awħa

• Hyphenation:au‧ga

Noun

augaf(pluralaugas)

1. (uncountable)water

   Augacorrente non mata xente(proverb)―[Drinking] runningwaterdoesn't kill people

2. (countable,usually in theplural)baths,hot springs

Derived terms

• Augas Santas

Related terms

• acuario
• acuático

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo(2006–2022) “auga”,inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “auga”,inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,editor (2006–2013), “auga”,inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega[Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,editors (2003–2018), “auga”,inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco,editor (2014–2024), “auga”,inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN

Further reading

• “auga”,inDicionario da Real Academia Galega(in Galician), A Coruña:Royal Galician Academy,2012–2024

Gutnish

Etymology

FromProto-Germanic*augô,fromProto-Indo-European*h₃ekʷ-(“eye; to see”).

Noun

auga

1. (Fårö)eye

Icelandic

Auga.

Etymology

FromOld Norseauga,fromProto-Germanic*augô,fromProto-Indo-European*h₃ekʷ-(“eye; to see”).Cognates includeLatinoculus,Sanskritअक्षि(ákṣi),Gothic𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉(augō),Old Englishēage,Englisheye,Scotsee,Swedishöga,Danishøje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈøyːɣa/,[ˈøːɥɣɐ]
• Rhymes:-øyːɣa

• Audio:

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Noun

augan(genitive singularauga,nominative pluralaugu)

1. (anatomy)eye
   • Hávamál(English source,Icelandic source)

     Inn vari gestur

     er til verðar kemur

     þunnu hljóði þegir,

     eyrum hlýðir,

     enaugumskoðar.

     Svo nýsist fróðra hver fyrir.

     The knowing guest

     who goes to the feast,

     In silent attention sits;

     With his ears he hears,

     with hiseyeshe watches,

     Thus wary are wise men all.

Declension

Declension ofauga(neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	auga	augað	augu	augun
accusative	auga	augað	augu	augun
dative	auga	auganu	augum	augunum
genitive	auga	augans	augna	augnanna

Related terms

• augabragð
• augabrún/augnabrún
• augaleið
• augastaður
• augasteinn
• augljós
• augnablik
• augnagotur
• augnahár/augnhár
• augnalaus
• augnalok
• augnaráð/augnatillit
• augnatóft
• augnayndi
• augnhlaup
• augnlæknir
• augnlæknisfræði
• augnveiki
• augsýn
• augsýnilega
• augsýnilegur
• betur sjá augu en auga
• draga augað í pung
• nálarauga
• undir fjögur augu
• varðveita eins og sjáaldur auga síns

Latvian

Noun

augam

1. genitivesingularofaugs

Adjective

auga

1. inflection ofaugs:
   1. genitivesingularmasculine
   2. nominativesingularfeminine

Verb

auga

1. third-personsingular/pluralpastindicativeofaugt

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈäˑʊ̯ɡɐ]

Verb

áuga

1. third-personsingularpresentofaugti
2. third-personpluralpresentofaugti

Mirandese

Etymology

FromLatinaqua,fromProto-Indo-European*h₂ekʷeh₂.

Noun

augaf(pluralaugas)

1. water

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• auge

Etymology

FromOld Norseauga,fromProto-Germanic*augô,ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*h₃ekʷ-(“eye; to see”).Akin toEnglisheye.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/²æʉ̯(ɡ)ɑ/,/²œʉ̯(ɡ)ɑ/

Noun

augan(pluralaugo)

1. eye(organ)

   Eg har noko påauga.

   Something is stuck in myeye.

2. eye(the visual sense);vision

   Augomine er ikkje so gode som dei ein gong var.

   Myeyesaren't as good as they once were.

Inflection

Declension ofauga(weakan-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	auga	auga	augo	augo
compound-genitive	auge-	―	augne-	―

Landsmål declension ofauga(weakan-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	auga	augat	augo	augo
dative	―	auga	―	augom
compound-genitive	auge-	―	augne-	―

augan

1. definitepluralofauge

See also

• auge-,augne-
• øye(Bokmål)

References

• “auga”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈaw.ɡa/

Noun

augaf(pluralaugas)

1. Alternative form ofagua

Descendants

• Galician:auga
• Portuguese:auga

Old Norse

Etymology

FromProto-Norse*ᚨᚢᚷᛟ(*augo),fromProto-Germanic*augô(whenceOld Englishēaġe,Old Saxonōga,Old High Germanouga,Gothic𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉(augō)), fromProto-Indo-European*h₃ekʷ-(“eye; to see”);compareLatinoculus,Old Church Slavonicоко(oko).

Noun

augan(genitiveauga,pluralaugu)

1. eye

Declension

Declension ofauga(weakan-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	auga	augat	augu	augun
accusative	auga	augat	augu	augun
dative	auga	auganu	augum	augunum
genitive	auga	augans	augna	augnanna

Derived terms

• augabrá(“eyebrow”)
• augabragð(“blink of an eye; a laughing stock”)
• augnamein(“disease of the eye”)
• eygja(“to eye”)
• eygr(“eyed”)

Descendants

• Icelandic:auga
• Faroese:eyga
• Norwegian Nynorsk:augan
• Norwegian:(dialectal)auga,aua,aueforn,auwe,ouwe,ouga
• Jamtish:ouge
• Elfdalian:oga
• Old Swedish:ø̄gha
  • Swedish:öga
    • →Finnish:ööga
• Scanian:yva
• Old Danish:ø̄ghæ
  • Danish:øje
    • Norwegian Bokmål:øye
• Gutnish:auge

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈaw.ɡɐ/[ˈaʊ̯.ɡɐ]

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈaw.ɡɐ/[ˈaʊ̯.ɡɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈaw.ɡa/[ˈaʊ̯.ɡa]

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈaw.ɡɐ/[ˈaw.ɣɐ]

• Homophone:alga(Brazil)
• Rhymes:-awɡɐ
• Hyphenation:au‧ga

Etymology 1

Metathesisofágua.CompareGalicianauga.

Noun

augaf(pluralaugas)

1. (Northern Portugal)Alternative form ofágua

Related terms

• augar
• augado

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Verb

auga

1. inflection ofaugar:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative