ægua

Ligurian

Alternative forms

Etymology
PIE word
*h₂ékʷeh₂

From Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic *akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂. Cognates include Italian acqua.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛːɡwa/

Noun

ægua f (plural ægue)

  1. (Genoese) water

Derived terms
  • ægua addiçionâ (“added water”)
  • ægua appätanâ (“muddy water”)
  • ægua cada (“hot water”)
  • ægua ciuvaña (“rainwater”)
  • ægua ciæa (“clear water”)
  • ægua corrente (“running water”)
  • ægua coâ (“stagnant water”)
  • ægua cristalliña (“crystalline water”)
  • ægua da beive (“drinkable water”)
  • ægua de vivagna (“spring water”)
  • ægua destillâ (“distilled water”)
  • ægua doçe (“fresh water”)
  • ægua filtrâ (“filtered water”)
  • ægua fonda (“deep water”)
  • ægua freida (“cold water”)
  • ægua fresca (“fresh water”)
  • ægua fummante (“steaming water”)
  • ægua gasâ (“fizzy water”)
  • ægua giassâ (“icy water”)
  • ægua incontaminâ (“uncontaminated water”)
  • ægua inquinâ (“polluted water”)
  • ægua marsa (“putrid water”)
  • ægua menûa (“drizzle (of rain)”)
  • ægua minerale (“mineral water”)
  • ægua naturale (“natural water”)
  • ægua netta (“clean water”)
  • ægua oscigenâ (“oxygenated water”)
  • ægua pua (“pure water”)
  • ægua raxa (“turpentine”)
  • ægua saia (“salty water”)
  • ægua santa (“holy water”)
  • ægua sccetta (“pure water”)
  • ægua storbia (“turbid water”)
  • ægua sâ (“seawater”)
  • ægua tenta (“very watered-down wine”)
  • ægua trasparente (“transparent water”)
  • ægua zeâ (“freezing water”)
  • æguaforte (“etching”)
  • æguavitta (“brandy”)
  • ægue privæ (“private waters”)
  • ægue pubriche (“public waters”)
  • ægue secche (“low tide”)
  • ægue sucide (“filthy waters”)
  • æguetta (“drizzle; type of poison”)

See also
  • aigua (standard Ligurian)

References
  • Giuseppe Olivieri (1851) Dizionario Genovese-Italiano, Genoa: Giovanni Ferrando, page 7
  • Dizionario Genovese-Italiano di ucarega.it, page 9 and 10
  • GEPHRAS - ægua
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