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FromMiddle Low Germanmügge, fromOld Saxonmuggia, fromProto-West Germanic*muggjā, fromProto-Germanic*mugjō,*mujan, fromProto-Indo-European*mu(“fly”),*mew-.

Cognates with Norwegianmygg,Icelandicmý,Danishmyg,Old Englishmyċġ,myċġe (whenceMiddle Englishmigge,Englishmidge);Old High Germanmucka (GermanMücke(“mosquito”));Latvianmuša;Albanianmizë;Russianму́ха(múxa);Ancient Greekμυῖα(muîa);Ukrainianму́ха(múxa);Bulgarianму́ха(múha);Lower Sorbianmucha,Polishmucha andSlovakmucha. Akin to Latinmusca(“fly”). Compare theDutchmug.

• IPA^(key): /²mʏɡa/

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1. Amosquito (small flying insect of the familyCulicidae, known for biting and sucking blood).

   blimyggbiten / biten av enmygga

   be bit by amosquito

   ett kliandemyggbett

   an itchy [itching]mosquito bite

   Mygghonor suger blod

   Femalemosquitoes suck blood

   Myggorinar

   Mosquitoes make a high-pitched buzzing sound

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

• As a mass noun,mygg is common.

• myggfönster
• myggmedel
• myggnät
• myggspray
• myggstift

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

mygga (presentmyggar,preteritemyggade,supinemyggat,imperativemygga)

1. (colloquial) toattach a smallmicrophone to someone

• mygga inSvensk ordbok (SO)
• mygga inSvenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mygga inSvenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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