puga

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Spanish fuga, from Latin fuga, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰugéh₂.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧ga

Verb

puga

1. To escape.

Etymology 2

Compare Tagalog piga.

Verb

puga

1. To squeeze.
2. To wring.

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Galician

Alternative forms

• púa

Etymology

Unknown; perhaps related to Latin pungō (“I prick”) and pūgiō (“dagger”). Cognate with Portuguese pua and Spanish púa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɣa̝/

Noun

puga f (plural pugas)

1. one of many large nails used to fasten a metal tyre to each one of the wheels of the traditional Galician cart

   Synonym: raigada

2. scion, graft

   Synonyms: esgallo, tano

3. prong; sharp end

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “puga”, in Dicionario 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), “puga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “puga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pugeh₂. Cognates include Ancient Greek πυγή (pugḗ), Old High German fochen, and Old Church Slavonic паꙋга (pauga), пѫга (pǫga).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ɡa/, [ˈpʊɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ɡa/, [ˈpuːɡä]

Noun

puga f (genitive pugae); first declension

1. (anatomy) buttock

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	puga	pugae
Genitive	pugae	pugārum
Dative	pugae	pugīs
Accusative	pugam	pugās
Ablative	pugā	pugīs
Vocative	puga	pugae

Synonyms

• clūnis
• cūlus
• natis
• pōdex

References

• “puga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “puga”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• puga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

Noun

pugá

1. eggs of crabs or fish

Derived terms

• pugahan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish fuga (“escape”), from Latin fuga.

Noun

puga

1. flight; escape

Derived terms

• pugahan
• pumuga

Synonyms

• pagtakas
• pagtanan

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Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *pəʀəq.

Verb

puga

1. to squeeze out fluid

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Veps

Etymology

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

Noun

puga

1. rump, bottom thick part

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “гузка”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika