miga

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See also: migá, míga, and Miga

Cebuano

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Etymology

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Initial clipping of amiga.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: mi‧ga

Noun

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miga

  1. a female friend
  2. an address to a female friend; a friendly placeholder name for a person one does not know

Galician

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin mīca (crumb), from Proto-Italic *smīkā, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyg- (small, thin, delicate). Compare the borrowed doublet mica. Cognate with Portuguese miga and Spanish miga.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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miga f (plural migas)

  1. crumb (small piece)
    Synonyms: migalla, fragulla, faragulla, miaxón, molo, mincalla, magoto
  2. crumb (the soft internal portion of bread)
    Synonyms: miolo, rafa
  3. a trifle; a little
    Synonyms: migalla, lisca, nisquiño, chinca
    Cunha miguiña de sorte aínda chegaremos a tempo.With a little luck we'll be arriving just in time.
  4. a little time
    Marchamos daquí a unha miga.We are leaving in a moment.
Derived terms
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References

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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miga

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

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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miga f (genitive singular migu, nominative plural migur)

  1. (vulgar) the act of pissing
  2. (vulgar) piss, urine

Declension

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    Declension of miga
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative miga migan migur migurnar
accusative migu miguna migur migurnar
dative migu migunni migum migunum
genitive migu migunnar miga miganna

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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  • mige (e and split infinitives)

Etymology

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From Old Norse míga, from Proto-Germanic *mīganą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃méyǵʰeti, from the root *h₃meyǵʰ- (to urinate).

Verb

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miga (present tense mig, past tense meig, supine mige, past participle migen, present participle migande, imperative mig)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, mildly vulgar) to piss
    Synonyms: urinera, lata vatn, pissa, tissa

Derived terms

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Noun

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miga n

  1. definite plural of mig

References

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit मृग (mṛga, wild beast), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás.

Noun

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miga m

  1. beast
  2. quadruped
  3. deer

Declension

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Syllabification: mi‧ga

Verb

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miga

  1. third-person singular present of migać

Portuguese

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migas (2)

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: mi‧ga

Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese miga, from Latin mīca (crumb), from Proto-Italic *smīkā, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyg- (small, thin, delicate). Compare the borrowed doublet mica.

Noun

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miga f (plural migas)

  1. crumb (small piece of bread, biscuit, cake, etc)
    Synonym: migalha
  2. (in the plural, cooking) a traditional Iberian dish consisting of leftover bread and various ingredients

Etymology 2

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Clipping of amiga (female friend).

Noun

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miga f (plural migas, masculine migo, masculine plural migos)

  1. (endearing, chiefly women's speech) female friend

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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miga (Cyrillic spelling мига)

  1. genitive singular of mig

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmiɡa/ [ˈmi.ɣ̞a]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Syllabification: mi‧ga

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Spanish miga, from Latin mīca (crumb), from Proto-Italic *smīkā, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyg- (small, thin, delicate). Compare the borrowed doublet mica. Cognate with English mica.

Noun

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miga f (plural migas)

  1. crumb (small piece which breaks off from baked food)
    Synonym: migaja
  2. essence, core (most significant feature of something)
  3. crumb, bit (small amount)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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miga

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

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