Uga

dryadjective

Alternative meanings

Having no water, moisture, or liquid. Used for clothes, soil, food, weather, skin, or objects that are dry.

Pronunciation

OO-gah

Root and affixes

Uga means dry. Mauga or muuga can mean to dry or become dry. Uga kaayo means very dry. Uga-uga can intensify or describe something dried out depending on context.

Variants or conjugations

dry; dried; very dry; dried out; arid; to dry; become dry

Related words and expressions

water; wet; heat; sun; skin; soil; clothes; weather

Meaning and usage notes

Use uga for dry in a physical sense. For a dry person or dry reply meaning cold or curt, use a contextual phrase such as lain, bugnaw, or mubo ang tubag.