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ug

Translingual

Symbol

ug

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Uyghur.
2. (typography) (metrology) Symbol for microgram, an SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻⁶ grams. Alternative form of µg

   Synonyms: mcg, µg

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌɡ/
• Rhymes: -ʌɡ

Etymology 1

From Middle English ugge, from Old Norse uggr (“fear, apprehension, dread”), related to Old Norse ógn (“terror, threat, dispute”) and agi (“terror, strife, fear, punishment”). More at awe.

Alternative forms

• ugg, oug

Noun

ug (countable and uncountable, plural ugs)

1. (Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) A feeling of fear, horror or disgust.

2. (Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) An object of disgust.

3. (Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) Vomited matter.
4. (Northumbria) A surfeit.

Synonyms

• (fear; horror): dread, fright; see also Thesaurus:fear
• (disgust): distaste, loathsomeness, revulsion
• (object of disgust): abomination
• (vomit): chunder, sick; see also Thesaurus:vomit
• (surfeit): glut, surplus; see also Thesaurus:excess

Derived terms

• ugfou
• uggin
• ugsome
• ugsomely
• ugsomeness

Related terms

• ugly

References

• Wright, Joseph (1905) The English Dialect Dictionary‎^[1], volume 6, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 298

Etymology 2

From Middle English uggen, from Old Norse ugga (“to fear”), see above.

Alternative forms

• ugg, oug

Verb

ug (third-person singular simple present ugs, present participle ugging, simple past and past participle ugged)

1. (Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) To dread, loathe or disgust.
2. (Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) To fear, be horrified; shudder with horror.
3. (Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) To vomit.
4. (Northumbria, obsolete) To give a surfeit to.

Synonyms

• (feel abhorrence): abhor, loathe; see also Thesaurus:hate. Alternatively: nauseate, sicken.
• (vomit): heave, pray to the porcelain god, throw up; see also Thesaurus:regurgitate

References

• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “ug”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes V (Simular–Z), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• Wright, Joseph (1905) The English Dialect Dictionary‎^[2], volume 6, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 298

Etymology 3

Derived from the similarity between the letter u and the Greek letter µ.

Symbol

ug

1. Alternative spelling of µg

Etymology 4

From Icelandic uggi (“fin”).

Noun

ug (plural ugs)

1. (Caithness, Scotland) The pectoral fin of a fish.

Synonyms

• pectoral

References

• Wright, Joseph (1905) The English Dialect Dictionary‎^[3], volume 6, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 298

Anagrams

• GU, Gu, gu

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔuɡ/, [ˈʔuɡ]

Etymology 1

Akin to Maranao ago.

Conjunction

ug (Badlit spelling ᜂᜄ᜔)

1. and

Etymology 2

Article

ug (Badlit spelling ᜂᜄ᜔)

1. Nonstandard form of og.

Sumerian

Romanization

ug

1. Romanization of 𒊌 (ug)

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano ug (“and”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔuɡ/, [ʔuɡ]

Conjunction

ug

1. and

   Synonym: ngan

Yola

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish ag

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊɡ/

Preposition

ug

1. for, at

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 108