mugu
See also: muku, muĝu, and mùgǔ
English
Noun
mugu (plural mugus)
- (South Africa) Alternative spelling of moegoe
- 2010, Sefi Atta, News from Home: Stories (page 245)
- They sent emails asking mugus to wire funds in order to claim nonexistent prizes.
- 2010, Sefi Atta, News from Home: Stories (page 245)
- (West Africa, derogatory) A fool.
- 2020, Mirka Honkanen, World Englishes on the Web: The Nigerian Diaspora in the USA (page 240)
- It is people like you who make my hustlers in Europe call Americans mugu.
- 2020, Mirka Honkanen, World Englishes on the Web: The Nigerian Diaspora in the USA (page 240)
- (Nigeria, Internet slang, derogatory) A victim of an online scam.
See also
- Yahoo boy (Nigerian slang)
Dharug
Alternative forms
- mogo
Noun
mugu
- hatchet
- 1793, Watkin Tench, A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson
- ‘Bulla mogo parrabugo’ (two hatchets to-morrow) I repeatedly cried; but having probably experienced our insincerity, he rejected the proposal with disdain.
- 1793, Watkin Tench, A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson
References
- Troy, Jakelin (1994). “The Sydney Language”, Macquarie Aboriginal Words. Sydney: Macquarie Library, 67.
Guugu Yimidhirr
Etymology
From Proto-Paman *muku "bone", from Proto-Pama-Maric *muku, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *muku.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muɡu/
Noun
mugu
- back
- seed, shell
Synonyms
- yangay (avoidance language)
References
- Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
- Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.
Hausa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /múː.ɡùː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [múː.ɡʷùː]
Adjective
mūgū̀ (feminine mūgùwā or mugunyā̀, plural mūgā̀yē or miyā̀gū)
- bad, evil
Derived terms
- mugunta (“evil deed”)
Noun
mūgū̀ m (feminine mūgùwā or mugunyā̀, plural mūgā̀yē or miyā̀gū, possessed form mūgùn)
- an evil thing or person
Derived terms
- mugun dawa (“warthog”)
Volapük
Noun
mugu
- predicative singular of mug