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muga
muga
English
Noun
muga (uncountable)
- A type of wild silk found in Assam.
- 2005, Brenda M King, Silk and Empire, p. 71:
- Muga (from the Antheroea Assama moth) silk was produced in Assam; the muga silkworm fed on a tree known as champa.
- 2011, Deepika Phukan, translating Arupa Patangia Kalita, The Story of Felanee:
- She was wearing a mauve blouse, a matching mauve bordered sador and a plain muga mekhela.
- 2005, Brenda M King, Silk and Empire, p. 71:
Basque
Noun
muga
Declension
"muga"
IrishEtymologyNounmuga m (genitive singular muga, nominative plural mugaí) DeclensionDeclension of muga
Fourth declension
Mutation
Old EnglishAlternative formsEtymologyFrom Proto-Germanic *mūgô. Akin to Old Norse múgi (“swathe, crowd”), múgr (“crowd, mob”) (Norwegian muge (“pile, heap”), Faroese múgva/múgvi (“crowd”)). Nounmūga m (nominative plural mūgan)
DeclensionDeclension of muga (weak)
Descendants
Old FrisianEtymologyFrom Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-, *megʰ-. Compare Old Saxon and Old Dutch mugan, Old English magan, Old High German mugan, Old Norse mega, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 (magan). Verbmuga DescendantsSpanishEtymologyNounVolapükNounmuga
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