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单词 mugu
释义

mugu

See also: muku, muĝu, and mùgǔ

English

Noun

mugu (plural mugus)

  1. (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.
  2. (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.
  3. (Nigeria, Internet slang, derogatory) A victim of an online scam.

See also

  • Yahoo boy (Nigerian slang)

Dharug

Alternative forms

  • mogo

Noun

mugu

  1. 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.

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

  1. back
  2. 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)

  1. bad, evil

Derived terms

  • mugunta (evil deed)

Noun

mūgū̀ m (feminine mūgùwā or mugunyā̀, plural mūgā̀yē or miyā̀gū, possessed form mūgùn)

  1. an evil thing or person

Derived terms

  • mugun dawa (warthog)

Volapük

Noun

mugu

  1. predicative singular of mug
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