aug

See also: Aug, aug., and Aug.

English

Adjective

aug (not comparable)

(music) Clipping of augmented.

Noun

aug (plural augs)

(science fiction) Clipping of augmentation.

Anagrams

AGU, GUA, UGA, gau

Latvian

Verb

aug

3rd person singular present indicative form of augt
3rd person plural present indicative form of augt
(with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of augt
(with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form 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)

(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 (in German), volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 1264

Swedish

Noun

aug n

the month of August; Abbreviation of augusti.

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *alku. Cognates include Finnish alku.

Noun

aug

base

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