Noun: maga
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | maga |
| Plural f | magas |
Sample Sentences
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A sardiña fresca ou revenida, debe ir á parrilla enteira, con toda a súa maga ou tripa, e sin escamar (The sardines, either fresh or salted, must be grilled with their guts or entrails, and with their scales) [1973, Álvaro Cunqueiro, A Cociña Galega, Vigo: Galaxia, page 106:]
Nouns inflected like maga
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Attested in the 12th century in local Latin documents. From Suevic or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *magô (“stomach”). Cognate of English maw. See: English Nouns '
maw'.
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