mygga

From Middle Low German mügge, from Old Saxon muggia, from Proto-West Germanic *muggjā, from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, *mujan, from Proto-Indo-European *mu (“fly”), *mew-.

Cognates with Norwegian mygg, Icelandic mý, Danish myg, Old English myċġ, myċġe (whence Middle English migge, English midge); Old High German mucka (German Mücke (“mosquito”)); Latvian muša; Albanian mizë; Russian му́ха (múxa); Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa); Ukrainian му́ха (múxa); Bulgarian му́ха (múha); Lower Sorbian mucha, Polish mucha and Slovak mucha. Akin to Latin musca (“fly”). Compare the Dutch mug.

• IPA^(key): /²mʏɡa/

mygga c

1. A mosquito (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood).

   bli myggbiten / biten av en mygga

   be bit by a mosquito

   ett kliande myggbett

   an itchy [itching] mosquito bite

   Mygghonor suger blod

   Female mosquitoes suck blood

   Myggor inar

   Mosquitoes make a high-pitched buzzing sound

2. (somewhat colloquial) A lavalier microphone, small microphone worn on clothing.

• As a mass noun, mygg is common.

• myggfönster
• myggmedel
• myggnät
• myggspray
• myggstift

• broms (“horsefly”)
• knott (“black fly”)

mygga (present myggar, preterite myggade, supine myggat, imperative mygga)

1. (colloquial) to attach a small microphone to someone

• mygga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mygga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mygga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH