cag

See also: CAG, çağ, cág, and Çağ

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English kag, of North Germanic origin, related to Old Norse kaggi, Swedish kagge.

Noun

cag (plural cags)

1. (Northern England, Scotland) keg

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

cag (plural cags)

1. (Britain, informal) cagoule

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kagô. Cognate with dialectal German Kag (“cabbage stalk, stump”), Swedish kage (“treestump”).

Noun

cag (plural cags)

1. (dialectal) A projecting piece left on a tree or shrub when a branch is severed; knob; stump.

Anagrams

• ACG, AGC, CGA, gac

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Mapudungun

Alternative forms

• chang (Using Unified Alphabet)

Noun

cag (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. (anatomy) leg
2. (anatomy) thigh
3. hook

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

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White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ca˧˩̤/

Noun

cag

1. root.

References

• Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)

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Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɟɤːkᴰ (“rope; cord”). Cognate with Thai เชือก (chʉ̂ʉak), Lao ເຊືອກ (sư̄ak), Lü ᦵᦋᦲᧅ (tsoek), Tai Dam ꪹꪋꪀ, Shan ၸိူၵ်ႈ (tsōek), Tai Nüa ᥓᥫᥐ (tsoek), Ahom 𑜋𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫 (chuek), Nong Zhuang zowg.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ɕaːk˧/
• Tone numbers: cag⁸
• Hyphenation: cag

Noun

cag (old orthography cag, Sawndip forms 䋏, 䌇)

1. rope; string; cord

   Synonym: cieg (dialectal)

Derived terms

• bengcag