aug

See also: Aug, aug., and Aug.

English

Adjective

aug (not comparable)

1. (music) Clipping of augmented.

Noun

aug (plural augs)

1. (science fiction) Clipping of augmentation.

Anagrams

• AGU, GUA, UGA, gau

Latvian

Verb

aug

1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of augt
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of augt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of augt

Romansch

Alternative forms

• ô, oc (Sutsilvan)

Etymology

Apparently from a Vulgar Latin *aucus, the result of some kind of de-diminutivization of Latin avunculus, with early loss of -v- before a rounded vowel.

Noun

aug m (plural augs)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) uncle

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) barba

Coordinate terms

• (with regards to gender):
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) onda
  • (Vallader) anda
  • (Puter, Vallader) tanta

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “avunculus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 1264

Swedish

Noun

aug n

1. the month of August; Abbreviation of augusti.

See also

• jan - feb - mar - apr - maj - jun - jul - aug - sep - okt - nov - dec

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *alku. Cognates include Finnish alku. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. final vowel

Noun

aug

1. beginning
2. base, foundation

Declension

Inflection of aug (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	aug
genitive sing.	augon
partitive sing.	augod
partitive plur.	augoid
	singular	plural
nominative	aug	augod
accusative	augon	augod
genitive	augon	augoiden
partitive	augod	augoid
essive-instructive	augon	augoin
translative	augoks	augoikš
inessive	augos	augoiš
elative	augospäi	augoišpäi
illative	augoho	augoihe
adessive	augol	augoil
ablative	augolpäi	augoilpäi
allative	augole	augoile
abessive	augota	augoita
comitative	augonke	augoidenke
prolative	augodme	augoidme
approximative I	augonno	augoidenno
approximative II	augonnoks	augoidennoks
egressive	augonnopäi	augoidennopäi
terminative I	augohosai	augoihesai
terminative II	augolesai	augoilesai
terminative III	augossai	—
additive I	augohopäi	augoihepäi
additive II	augolepäi	augoilepäi