fugu

See also: fuĝu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 河豚 (fugu, “blowfish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuː.ɡuː/

Noun

fugu (uncountable)

1. Blowfish: a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins.

Translations

blowfish — see blowfish

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Aromanian

Verb

fugu

1. Alternative form of fug

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese fogo. Cognate with Kabuverdianu fogu.

Noun

fugu

1. fire

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Japanese

Romanization

fugu

1. Rōmaji transcription of ふぐ
2. Rōmaji transcription of フグ

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Portuguese

Noun

fugu m (plural fugus)

1. fugu (blowfish, as a Japanese delicacy)

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Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfu.ɡu]

Verb

fugu

1. (stative) to be hunched

Conjugation

Conjugation of fugu
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tofugu	fofugu	mifugu
2nd	nofugu	nifugu
3rd	Masculine	ofugu	ifugu, yofugu†
Feminine	mofugu
Neuter	ifugu
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

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Yogad

Noun

fugú

1. island