nuug
Somali
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Afroasiatic *-nuuḳ- (“to suck”). Compare Egyptian mnḏ (“breast”), snq (“to suckle”).
Cognate with Rendille nuuga (“to suck”), Oromo luuguu (“to suck or milk a cow's teat”), Konso luukaa (“suck”), luukisoota (“mammal”). Compare also Jiiddu eenge (“breast”), Afar angu (“breast”), Blin éngwi (“teat”).
Verb
nuug (causative nuuji, passive nuugan, middle nuugo)
- (transitive) suck
Inflection
| Infinitive | nuugi | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | nuugid | |||||
| simple | independent | |||||
| present | past | future | past | |||
| singular | ||||||
| 1st | nuugaa | nuugay | nuugi doonaa | nuugay | ||
| 2nd | nuugtaa | nuugtay | nuugi doontaa | nuugtay | ||
| 3rd | nuugaa | nuugay | nuugi doonaa | nuug | ||
| nuugtaa | nuugtay | nuugi doontaa | nuugtay | |||
| plural | ||||||
| 1st | nuugnaa | nuugnay | nuugi doonnaa | nuugnay | ||
| 2nd | nuugtaan | nuugteen | nuugi doontaan | nuugte | ||
| 3rd | nuugaan | nuugeen | nuugi doonaan | nuuge | ||
References
- “nuug”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaaliga, 2012