suga

See also: Appendix:Variations of "suga"

Languages (24)

Australian Kriol • Bislama • Cebuano • Galician • Icelandic • Japanese • Karelian • Latvian • Livvi • Mansaka • Northern Sami • Norwegian Bokmål • Norwegian Nynorsk • Old English • Old Saxon • Portuguese • Romansh • Swedish • Tagalog • Takia • Tausug • Tok Pisin • Veps • Waray-Waray

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Australian Kriol

Alternative forms

• juga

Etymology

From English sugar.

Noun

suga

1. sugar

References

• “suga”, in English - Kriol - AuSIL, (Can we date this quote?)

Bislama

Etymology

From English sugar.

Noun

suga

1. sugar
   • 2000, anonymous author, Wajtaoa‎^[3]:

     Long blad plasma—we 90 pesen blong hem i wota nomo—i gat plante hormones, sol, enzymes, mo nutrients, ol minerals mo suga tu.

     Even the plasma—which is 90 percent water— carries scores of hormones, inorganic salts, enzymes, and nutrients, including minerals and sugar.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈɡaʔ/ [s̪ʊˈɡaʔ]
• Hyphenation: su‧ga

Noun

sugâ (Badlit spelling ᜐᜓᜄ)

1. light

   Synonyms: kahayag, kadan-ag

Derived terms

• isuga
• magsuga
• manuga
• mosuga
• sugaan

Galician

Verb

suga

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

Icelandic

Etymology

Ablaut variation of súga, sjúga (“to suck”).

Noun

suga f (genitive singular sugu, nominative plural sugur)

1. sucker (person or device that sucks); often found in compounds
2. rubber nipple (on a baby bottle)

Declension

Declension of suga (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	suga	sugan	sugur	sugurnar
accusative	sugu	suguna	sugur	sugurnar
dative	sugu	sugunni	sugum	sugunum
genitive	sugu	sugunnar	sugna	sugnanna

References

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “suga”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “suga”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Japanese

Romanization

suga

1. Rōmaji transcription of すが

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *suka, from Proto-Finno-Permic *śuka, borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?].

Noun

suga

1. comb

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed either from Livonian su’g, or from Estonian sugu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsuɡa]

Noun

suga f (4th declension)

1. (taxonomy) species

   Sugu izcelšanās ― Origin of Species

   invazīva suga ― invasive species

Declension

Declension of suga (4th)

	singular	plural
nominative	suga	sugas
genitive	sugas	sugu
dative	sugai	sugām
accusative	sugu	sugas
instrumental	sugu	sugām
locative	sugā	sugās
vocative	suga	sugas

Livvi

Suga.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *suka. Cognates include Finnish suka and Veps suga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuɡɑ/
• Hyphenation: su‧ga
• Rhymes: -uɡɑ

Noun

suga (genitive suvan, partitive sugua)

1. comb

Declension

Declension of suga (Type 2/boba, g-v gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	suga	suvat
genitive	suvan	suviin
partitive	sugua	sugii
illative	sugah	sugiih
inessive	suvas	suviis
elative	suvaspäi	suviispäi
allative	suvale	suviile
adessive	suval	suviil
ablative	suvalpäi	suviilpäi
translative	suvakse	suviikse
essive	suvannu	suviinnu
abessive	suvattah	suviittah
comitative	suvanke	suviinke
instructive		suviin
prolative	suvači

References

• Tatjana Boiko (2019), Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 264

Mansaka

Noun

suga

1. sun

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsuka/

Verb

suga

1. inflection of suhkat:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• suget
• saug, sugde (simple past)
• sugd (past participle)

Verb

suga

1. inflection of suge:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• suge (e and split infinitives)

Etymology

From Old Norse súga, from Proto-Germanic *sūganą, from Proto-Indo-European *sug-, *suk-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sʉːɡɑ/

Verb

suga (present tense syg, past tense saug, supine soge, past participle sogen, present participle sugande, imperative sug)

1. to suck

References

• “suga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ɡɑ/, [ˈsu.ɣɑ]

Noun

suga

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of sugu

Old Saxon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sugu, From Proto-Germanic *sugō or *suwō, derived from Proto-Indo-European *suH- (“pig, hog, swine”).

Noun

suga f

1. sow (A female pig)

Declension

suga (feminine ō-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	suga	suga
accusative	suga	suga
genitive	suga, sugu, sugo	sugono
dative	sugu, sugo, suga	sugon, sugum, sugun
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: sōge
  • German Low German: Söög

Portuguese

Verb

suga

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

Romansh

Alternative forms

• suja (Sutsilvan)
• soua (Surmiran)
• sua (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin soca, of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *soucā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to bend, to cut, to drive”), see also Sanskrit सुवति (suvati).

Compare Friulian soe, Venetan soga, Albanian shokë, French suage, Portuguese and Spanish soga.

Noun

suga f (plural sugas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) rope

   Synonym: sughet

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sūgha, from Old Norse súga, from Proto-Germanic *sūganą, from Proto-Indo-European *sug-, *suk-. The sense "to be inferior" is a semantic loan from English suck.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

suga c

1. carpet bugle, plants in the genus Ajuga

Declension

Declension of suga

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	suga	sugas
	definite	sugan	sugans
plural	indefinite	sugor	sugors
	definite	sugorna	sugornas

Verb

suga (present suger, preterite sög, supine sugit, imperative sug)

1. to suck (draw with an attractive force, often negative pressure)

   blodsugande insekter

   blood-sucking insects

   Bebisen sög på en napp

   The baby was sucking on a pacifier

2. (slang) to suck (be very bad or unpleasant)

   Filmen suger

   The movie sucks

   Jag suger på tennis

   I suck at tennis

   Att bli stucken av ett bi suger

   Getting stung by a bee sucks

Conjugation

Conjugation of suga (class 2 strong)

	active		passive
infinitive	suga		sugas
supine	sugit		sugits
imperative	sug		—
imper. plural1	sugen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	suger	sög	sugs, suges	sögs
ind. plural1	suga	sögo	sugas	sögos
subjunctive2	suge	söge	suges	söges
present participle		sugande
past participle		sugen

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Antonyms

• blåsa

Derived terms

• avsuga
• avsugare
• avsugning
• dammsuga
• dammsugare
• insuga
• sug
• sug min balle
• sug min kuk
• sug min röv
• sug och svälj, trevlig helg
• suga av
• suga balle
• suga kuk
• suga röv
• suga ut
• sugare
• sugen
• sugning
• utsuga
• utsugare

See also

• sucka
• sugga

References

• “suga”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “suga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “suga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Further reading

• “suga”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• Sagu

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish soga.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsuɡa/ [ˈsuː.ɣɐ]
• Rhymes: -uɡa
• Syllabification: su‧ga

Noun

suga (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜄ)

1. halter; rope; tether (for animals)

   Synonyms: tali, panuga

2. fastening with a halter or tether (of an animal)

   Synonym: pagsusuga

Derived terms

• pagsusuga
• panuga

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /suˈɡaʔ/ [sʊˈɣaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: su‧ga

Noun

sugâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜄ)

1. flesh (color/colour)

   Synonyms: engkarnadina, engkarnado, engkarnada

2. flesh-colored dye

See also

• dampol

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Cebuano suga.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /suˈɡaʔ/ [sʊˈɣaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: su‧ga

Noun

sugâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜄ) (physics, neologism)

1. light

Derived terms

• bilis ng suga
• dalubsugaan
• pagsusuga
• sugaan
• sugaanin
• sugadagitban
• sugadagitbin
• sugasukod
• suglaguman

References

• Lupon sa Agham (1969), Gonsalo del Rosario, editor, Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL

Takia

Etymology

Borrowed from Tok Pisin suga, ultimately from English sugar.

Noun

suga

1. sugar

Tausug

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /suɡa/ [sʊˈɣɑ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: su‧ga

Noun

suga (Sulat Sūg spelling سُݢَ)

1. sun

Derived terms

• panuga (“summertime, dry season”)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English sugar.

Noun

suga

1. sugar
   • 2002, anonymous author, Kirap!‎^[4]:

     Narapela samting tu i kamapim bagarap long skin, em ol birua na sik samting, olsem sik suga.

     Also taking a toll are accidents and disease, such as diabetes.

2. sugarcane

Descendants

• → Takia: suga

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *suka, from Proto-Finno-Permic *śuka, borrowed from Indo-Iranian. Cognates include Finnish suka.

Noun

suga

1. comb (tool for combing hair)

Inflection

Inflection of suga (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing.	suga
genitive sing.	sugan
partitive sing.	sugad
partitive plur.	sugid
	singular	plural
nominative	suga	sugad
accusative	sugan	sugad
genitive	sugan	sugiden
partitive	sugad	sugid
essive-instructive	sugan	sugin
translative	sugaks	sugikš
inessive	sugas	sugiš
elative	sugaspäi	sugišpäi
illative	sugaha	sugihe
adessive	sugal	sugil
ablative	sugalpäi	sugilpäi
allative	sugale	sugile
abessive	sugata	sugita
comitative	suganke	sugidenke
prolative	sugadme	sugidme
approximative I	suganno	sugidenno
approximative II	sugannoks	sugidennoks
egressive	sugannopäi	sugidennopäi
terminative I	sugahasai	sugihesai
terminative II	sugalesai	sugilesai
terminative III	sugassai	—
additive I	sugahapäi	sugihepäi
additive II	sugalepäi	sugilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “гребень”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[5], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Waray-Waray

Noun

sugâ

1. lamp; light; torch