magu

Estonian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑɡu

Etymology 1

From , ultimately loaned from Proto-Germanic *magô. Cognate to Votic mako.

Noun

magu (genitive mao, partitive magu)

1. (anatomy) stomach
2. (colloquial, pejorative for humans) belly

Declension

Declension of magu (ÕS type 18/nägu, g-ø gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		magu	maod
accusative	nom.
	gen.	mao
genitive			magude
partitive		magu	magusid
illative		makku maosse	magudesse
inessive		maos	magudes
elative		maost	magudest
allative		maole	magudele
adessive		maol	magudel
ablative		maolt	magudelt
translative		maoks	magudeks
terminative		maoni	magudeni
essive		maona	magudena
abessive		maota	magudeta
comitative		maoga	magudega

Etymology 2

From .

Noun

magu (genitive mao, partitive magu)

1. (archaic) taste, flavour

Declension

Declension of magu (ÕS type 18/nägu, g-ø gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		magu	maod
accusative	nom.
	gen.	mao
genitive			magude
partitive		magu	magusid
illative		makku maosse	magudesse
inessive		maos	magudes
elative		maost	magudest
allative		maole	magudele
adessive		maol	magudel
ablative		maolt	magudelt
translative		maoks	magudeks
terminative		maoni	magudeni
essive		maona	magudena
abessive		maota	magudeta
comitative		maoga	magudega

Derived terms

• magus

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Gothic

Romanization

magu

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌿

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Japanese

Romanization

magu

1. Rōmaji transcription of マグ

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Karelian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish maku.

Noun

magu

1. taste

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Old English

Alternative forms

• mago

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maguz (“boy, girl, child”), from Proto-Indo-European *maghu- (“fellow, bachelor, unmarried”). Cognate with Old Saxon magu (“boy”), Old Norse mǫgr (“son, boy”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍃 (magus, “child, boy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.ɡu/, [ˈmɑ.ɣu]

Noun

magu m (nominative plural maga)

1. (poetic) son, boy
2. (poetic) servant, retainer
3. (poetic) man, hero, warrior

Derived terms

• maguþeġn

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Veps

Etymology

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

Noun

magu

1. taste, flavour

References

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

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Welsh

Verb

magu (first-person singular present magaf)

1. (transitive) to rear, to raise, to bring up
2. (transitive or intransitive) to breed
3. (transitive) to nurse

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	magaf	megi	mag, maga	magwn	megwch, magwch	magant	megir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	magwn	magit	magai	magem	magech	magent	megid
preterite	megais	megaist	magodd	magasom	magasoch	magasant	magwyd
pluperfect	magaswn	magasit	magasai	magasem	magasech	magasent	magasid, magesid
present subjunctive	magwyf	megych	mago	magom	magoch	magont	mager
imperative	—	maga	maged	magwn	megwch, magwch	magent	mager
verbal noun	magu
verbal adjectives	magedig magadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	maga i, magaf i	magi di	magith o/e/hi, magiff e/hi	magwn ni	magwch chi	magan nhw
conditional	magwn i, magswn i	maget ti, magset ti	magai fo/fe/hi, magsai fo/fe/hi	magen ni, magsen ni	magech chi, magsech chi	magen nhw, magsen nhw
preterite	magais i, mages i	magaist ti, magest ti	magodd o/e/hi	magon ni	magoch chi	magon nhw
imperative	—	maga	—	—	magwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• mag (“fry”)
• magwr (“rearer, fosterer”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
magu	fagu	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.