tuga

See also: tugá

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈɡaʔ/ [tuˈɡaʔ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧ga

Verb

tugâ (plural turuga, Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜄ)

1. to promise
2. to confess; to reveal (any secret or information)
3. to squeal, to tattle

   Synonyms: sumbong, usip

Derived terms

• ituga
• magtuga
• manuga
• panuga
• tugaan

Icelandic

Noun

tuga

1. indefinite genitive plural of tugur

Italian

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -uɡa
• Hyphenation: tù‧ga

Noun

tuga f (plural tughe)

1. (nautical) deckhouse

Further reading

• tuga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Kaingang

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈŋa/, [tuɡŋˈɡa]

Noun

tuga

1. skin rash

Portuguese

Etymology

Clipping of portuga, from português (“Portuguese”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ɡa/

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

• Hyphenation: tu‧ga

Noun

tuga m or f by sense (plural tugas)

1. (colloquial, originally derogatory) Portuguese (person from Portugal)

   Synonyms: luso, portuga, português

Adjective

tuga m or f (plural tugas, not comparable)

1. (colloquial, originally derogatory) Portuguese (of Portugal)

   Synonyms: lusitânico, luso, portuga, português

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tǫga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tǔːɡa/
• Hyphenation: tu‧ga

Noun

túga f (Cyrillic spelling ту́га)

1. sorrow, grief

Declension

Declension of tuga

	singular	plural
nominative	túga	túge
genitive	túgē	túgā
dative	túzi	túgama
accusative	túgu	túge
vocative	tȗgo	túge
locative	túzi	túgama
instrumental	túgōm	túgama

Derived terms

• tugàljiv
• túgovati
• túžan
• túžiti

Further reading

• “tuga”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈɡaʔ/ [t̪ʊˈɣaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: tu‧ga

Adjective

tugâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜄ)

1. true; correct

   Synonyms: tunay, totoo

2. right and proper (in conduct or work)

   Synonyms: tama, wasto, tumpak

Noun

tugâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜄ)

1. confession; admission (of one's guilt or crime)

   Synonyms: amin, pag-amin

2. revelation of the truth; telling the truth

   Synonym: pagtatapat

3. condition of being right, proper, or true

   Synonyms: katumpakan, pagkatumpak

Derived terms

• ituga
• mapatuga
• matuga
• pagtuga
• tumuga

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈɡa/ [t̪ʊˈɣa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: tu‧ga

Adjective

tugá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜄ)

1. gullible; thoughtless (of women)

   Synonyms: hangal, tanga, walang-isip, gaga

Further reading

• “tuga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.

Anagrams

• ugat

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

• توڭا — Arabo-Berber Spelling

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuɡa/

Noun

tuga f (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵓⴳⴰ, Arabic spelling توڭا)

1. grass

   mgr tuga.

   cut the grass

2. spring (season)
3. hay

Derived terms

• amɣar n tuga (“pasture chief”)
• luqt n tuga (“spring”)
• tuga n tayyzit (“ulva or sea lettuce”)
• tuga yiɣirdm (“plant, remedy for scorpion stings”)

See also

• ajddig (“flower”)
• akal (“earth”)
• ibxxuyn (“insects”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 4 t—ẓ (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/4) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2811b

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtu.ɡa]

Verb

tuga

1. (transitive) to measure

Conjugation

Conjugation of tuga

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		totuga	fotuga	mituga
2nd person		notuga	nituga
3rd person	masculine	otuga	ituga yotuga (archaic)
	feminine	motuga
	neuter	ituga

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh