magu

magu

Corsican

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡu/

Noun

magu m (plural maghi)

1. mage, magician

Related terms

• magia

Further reading

• “magu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

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Estonian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑɡu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *mako, 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 (type nägu)

	singular	plural
nominative	magu	maod
genitive	mao	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 Proto-Finnic *maku.

Noun

magu (genitive mao, partitive magu)

1. (archaic) taste, flavour

Declension

Declension of magu (type nägu)

	singular	plural
nominative	magu	maod
genitive	mao	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

From Proto-Finnic *maku.

Noun

magu

1. taste

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Old English

Alternative forms

• mago

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *magu, from Proto-Germanic *maguz (“boy”), from Proto-Indo-European *mogʰus (“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 (poetic)

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

Declension

Declension of magu (strong u-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	magu	maga
accusative	magu	maga
genitive	maga	maga
dative	maga	magum

Derived terms

• maguþeġn

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Proto-Norse

Romanization

magu

1. Romanization of ᛗᚨᚷᚢ

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Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maku.

Noun

magu

1. taste, flavour

Inflection

Inflection of magu (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	magu
genitive sing.	magun
partitive sing.	magud
partitive plur.	maguid
	singular	plural
nominative	magu	magud
accusative	magun	magud
genitive	magun	maguiden
partitive	magud	maguid
essive-instructive	magun	maguin
translative	maguks	maguikš
inessive	magus	maguiš
elative	maguspäi	maguišpäi
illative	maguhu	maguihe
adessive	magul	maguil
ablative	magulpäi	maguilpäi
allative	magule	maguile
abessive	maguta	maguita
comitative	magunke	maguidenke
prolative	magudme	maguidme
approximative I	magunno	maguidenno
approximative II	magunnoks	maguidennoks
egressive	magunnopäi	maguidennopäi
terminative I	maguhusai	maguihesai
terminative II	magulesai	maguilesai
terminative III	magussai	—
additive I	maguhupäi	maguihepäi
additive II	magulepäi	maguilepäi

References

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

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh magu (“to rear, produce”), from Proto-Celtic *maketi (“to raise”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“long, to raise”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡɨ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmaːɡi/

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.

• Alternative third-person singular subjunctive (literary): maco

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.

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “doformaig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language