agu

agu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Aguacateca.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Aguacateca terms

agu

1. inflection of ag:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite dative/ablative singular

• Audio:

  (file)

agu

1. imperative of agi

Unknown. Several theories exist:

• Of Baltic origin (compare Latvian sakas and Lithuanian šaka).
• From Proto-Germanic *hakkōną.
• From the same source as Lithuanian šokti.
• From the same source as Finnish häkä.

agu (genitive ao, partitive agu)

1. morning twilight

• koit
• koidik
• puhe

• eha
• hämarik

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡu/

agu

1. (anatomy) eye

agu

1. Rōmaji transcription of あぐ

• aga (Barlavento)

From Portuguese água.

agu

1. (Sotavento) water

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015), Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012), Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

agu

1. water

• John A. Holm, Pidgins and Creoles, volume 2, page 296: Malacca CP "mpoku agu" [some water]
• Alan N. Baxter, A grammar of Kristang: (Malacca Creole Portuguese) (1988)

• aigu

From Old French agu.

agu m (feminine singular ague, masculine plural agus, feminine plural agues)

1. sharp

• French: aigu
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: aigu

IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.ɡu/, [ˈɑ.ɣu]

agu f

1. magpie

Strong ō-stem:

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “agu”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Borrowed from Bonan.

• (Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /ɑːku/
• (Ili, Xinjiang; Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /ɑku/

agu

1. elder or younger sister of father; paternal aunt

   Antonym: acü (“elder or younger brother of mother; maternal uncle”)

   Agum işni it gelci.

   My aunt has done the job (and, she) has come here.

• bo (“elder brother of father; elder paternal uncle”)
• baba (“elder brother of father; elder paternal uncle”)
• dada (“younger brother of father; younger paternal uncle”)
• ayi (“elder or younger sister of mother; maternal aunt”)

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “agu”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 286
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “agu”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 38
• 马伟 (Ma Wei); 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016), “agu”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), pages 58, 271

• hagu (dated)

From English hog.

• IPA^(key): /aɡu/, [a̠ɡu], [ɑ̟ɡu]

agu

1. pig, hog
   • 1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore‎^[2], New York: Columbia University Press, page 424:

     Bɔfru dɛ krei̯, Dia dɛ krei̯, Tamanwa 'ɛ krei̯. Nō mō ala den meti 'ɛ gowe wą' wą'. Nō mō Hagu drapɛ, 'ɛ bari, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / Mi yɛre suma dɛdɛ, / Ma karaki dɛ bro.’

     [Bofru e krei, Dia e krei, Tamanwa e krei. Nomo ala den meti e gwe wanwan. Nomo Agu drape e bari, 'Bia, bia, bia / Mi yere suma dede / Ma karaki e bro.']

     Buffalo was crying, Deer was crying, Anteater was crying. No sooner did all the animals go away one by one, than Hog called out, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / I hear a person died, / But his backside breathes.’

• Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “agu”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary

agu

1. A word to affectionately address an infant being nursed.

   Synonym: agucuk

• “agu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

agu

1. (Loli) to grasp; embrace

• Lobu Ori, S,Pd, M.Pd (2010), “agu”, in Kamus Bahasa Lolina [Dictionary of the Loli Language] (in Indonesian), Waikabubak: Kepala Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Barat