nugget

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Pircarînî

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Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈnʌɡət/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Uncertain, first attested in reference to animals & people in Scotland and in reference to ore chunks in Australia. Possibly from southern English nug (“lump, block”) or Scottish knudge/nudge (“short, sturdy person or animal”) + -et (“forming diminutives”) or from rebracketed alteration of an ingot as a ni(n)got.

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