auga

• agua, augua
• agoa (obsolete)

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese auga (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), augua, agoa; from older agua (through metathesis), from Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic *akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.ɡa/, [ˈaw.ɰɐ]

auga f (plural augas)

1. (uncountable) water

   Auga corrente non mata xente (proverb) ― Running water doesn't kill people

2. (countable, usually in the plural) baths, hot springs

• Augas Santas

• acuario
• acuático

• “auga” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

• “auga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “auga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “auga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “auga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “auga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Proto-Germanic *augô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).

auga

1. (Fårö) eye

From Old Norse auga, from Proto-Germanic *augô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Cognates include Latin oculus, Sanskrit अक्षि (ákṣi), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 (augō), Old English ēaġe, English eye, Scots ee, Swedish öga, Danish øje.

• IPA^(key): /ˈøyːɣa/
• Rhymes: -øyːɣa

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auga n (genitive singular auga, nominative plural augu)

1. (anatomy) eye
   • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)

     Inn vari gestur

     er til verðar kemur

     þunnu hljóði þegir,

     eyrum hlýðir,

     en augum skoðar.

     Svo nýsist fróðra hver fyrir.

     The knowing guest

     who goes to the feast,

     In silent attention sits;

     With his ears he hears,

     with his eyes he watches,

     Thus wary are wise men all.

auga m

1. genitive singular form of augs

auga

1. genitive singular masculine form of augs
2. nominative singular feminine form of augs

auga

1. 3rd person singular past indicative form of augt
2. 3rd person plural past indicative form of augt

• IPA^(key): [ˈäˑʊ̯ɡɐ]

áuga

1. third-person singular present of augti
2. third-person plural present of augti

From Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic *akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂.

auga f (plural augas)

1. water

• auge

From Old Norse auga, from Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Akin to English eye.

• IPA^(key): /²æʉɡɑ/ (example of pronunciation)

auga n (definite singular auga, indefinite plural augo, definite plural augo)

1. eye (organ)

   Eg har noko på auga.

   Something is stuck in my eye.

2. eye (the visual sense); vision

   Augo mine er ikkje so gode som dei ein gong var.

   My eyes aren't as good as they once were.

auga n

1. definite plural of auge

• auge-, augne-
• øye (Bokmål)

• “auga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *augô (whence Old English ēaġe, Old Saxon ōga, Old High German ouga, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 (augō)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”); compare Latin oculus, Old Church Slavonic око (oko).

auga n (genitive auga, plural augu)

1. eye

• Icelandic: auga
• Faroese: eyga
• Norwegian:
  • Bokmål: øye
  • Nynorsk: auga
• Old Swedish: ø̄gha
  • Swedish: öga
• Old Danish: ø̄ghæ
  • Danish: øje
• Jamtish: ouge
• Westrobothnian: ôu, auge, æue, æuwę, øg, ög, yg, y
• Elfdalian: oga
• Scanian: yva
• Gutnish: auge

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.ɡa/

auga f

1. Alternative form of agua

• Galician: auga
• Portuguese: auga

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.ɡɐ/, [ˈaw.ɣɐ]
• Hyphenation: au‧ga

auga f (plural augas)

1. (regional) Alternative form of água