auga

See also: augā

Estonian

Noun

auga

1. comitative singular of au

Galician

River Té, Rianxo, Galicia

Alternative forms

• agua, augua, augha, agoa
• água (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese auga (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), augua, agoa; from older agua (through metathesis), from Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈawɡa/ [ˈɑw.ɣ̞ɐ]

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

 

• Rhymes: -awɡa

• (standard) Rhymes: -awɡa
• (gheada) Rhymes: -awħa

• Hyphenation: au‧ga

Noun

auga f (plural augas)

1. (uncountable) water

   Auga corrente non mata xente (proverb) ― [Drinking] running water doesn't kill people

2. (countable, usually in the plural) baths, hot springs

Derived terms

• Augas Santas

Related terms

• acuario
• acuático

References

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

Further reading

• “auga”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Gutnish

Etymology

From Old Norse auga, from Proto-Germanic *augô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).

Noun

auga

1. (Fårö) eye

Icelandic

Auga.

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der.

Proto-Germanic *augô

Proto-Norse *ᚨᚢᚷᚨ (*auga)

Old Norse auga

Icelandic auga

From Old Norse auga, from Proto-Germanic *augô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Cognates include Latin oculus, Sanskrit अक्षि (ákṣi), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 (augō), Old English ēage, English eye, Scots ee, German Auge, Swedish öga, Danish øje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈœiːɣa]
• Rhymes: -øyːɣa

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Noun

auga n (genitive singular auga, nominative plural augu)

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

     Inn vari gestur

     er til verðar kemur

     þunnu hljóði þegir,

     eyrum hlýðir,

     en augum skoðar.

     Svo nýsist fróðra hver fyrir.

     The knowing guest

     who goes to the feast,

     In silent attention sits;

     With his ears he hears,

     with his eyes he watches,

     Thus wary are wise men all.

Declension

Declension of auga (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

auga m

1. genitive singular of augs

Adjective

auga

1. inflection of augs:
   1. genitive masculine singular
   2. nominative feminine singular

Verb

auga

1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of augt

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [¹ˈɑˑʊɡɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɑˑʊɡɐ
• Syllabification: áu‧ga

Verb

áuga

1. third-person singular/plural present of áugti

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂.

Noun

auga f (plural augas)

1. water

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• auge

Etymology

From Old Norse auga, from Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Akin to English eye.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²æʉ̯(ɡ)ɑ/, /²œʉ̯(ɡ)ɑ/

Noun

auga n (plural augo)

1. eye (organ)

   Eg har noko på auga.

   Something is stuck in my eye.

2. eye (the visual sense); vision

   Augo mine er ikkje so gode som dei ein gong var.

   My eyes aren't as good as they once were.

Inflection

Declension of auga (weak an-stem)

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

Landsmål declension of auga (weak an-stem)

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

Noun

auga n

1. definite plural of auge

See also

• auge-, augne-
• øye (Bokmål)

References

• “auga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.ɡa/

Noun

auga f (plural augas)

1. alternative form of agua

Descendants

• Galician: auga
• Portuguese: auga

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚨᚢᚷᛟ (*augo), from Proto-Germanic *augô (whence Old English ēaġe, Old Saxon ōga, Old High German ouga, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 (augō)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”); compare Latin oculus, Old Church Slavonic око (oko).

Noun

auga n (genitive auga, plural augu)

1. eye

Declension

Declension of auga (weak an-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: auga n
• Norwegian: (dialectal) auga, aua, aue f or n, auwe, ouwe, ouga
• Jamtish: ouge
• Elfdalian: oga
• Old Swedish: ø̄gha
  • Swedish: öga
    • → Finnish: ööga
• Old Danish: ø̄ghæ
  • Danish: øje
    • Norwegian Bokmål: øye
  • Scanian: yva
• Gutnish: auga, auge

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

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

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂

Proto-Italic *akʷā

Latin aqua

Old Galician-Portuguese agua

Portuguese águameta.

Portuguese auga

Metathesis of água. Compare Galician auga.

Noun

auga f (plural augas)

1. (Northern Portugal, Central Portugal) archaic form of água

Related terms

• augar
• augado

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

auga

1. inflection of augar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “auga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026