હગવું
hagavu
The English phrase "poop" can be translated into Gujarati as હગવું (hagavu).
Meaning: feces (noun)
Which one should you use?
The noun મળ can be used to refer to the waste or feces in a more formal or clinical manner.
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
હગવું is a blunt and informal term, similar to saying "to poop" or "to shit" in English. For a more polite or clinical way to refer to feces, use the word મળ, which can serve as a euphemism for waste in formal contexts.
How does it change in a sentence?
The verb changes based on tense: use હગ્યો for the past tense (pooped) and હગશે for the future tense (will poop).
How do you pronounce it?
hagavu
Did you know?
- Gujarati possesses specific gender-based verb endings for હગવું in the past tense, meaning the word changes whether a man or a woman did the action.
- The term હગવું is inherited from the Proto-New Indo-Aryan word *haggaï.
- In Gujarati culture, talking about bodily functions like હગવું is often avoided in mixed company, so people use indirect phrases about 'going inside' or 'going to the toilet' to avoid the bluntness of the word.
Examples in context
- બાળકને હગવું છે.bāḷaknē hagvu chē.The baby needs to poop.
Example conversation
Hardik and Priya are cleaning up after a pet dog.
- હાર્દિક Hardikપ્રિયા, જો અહીં કૂતરાનું હગવું છે.Priya, jo ahin kutranu hagvu che.Priya, look, there is dog poop here.
- પ્રિયા Priyaહા હાર્દિક, હું તેને સાફ કરું છું.ha Hardik, hu tene saaf karun chun.Yes Hardik, I am cleaning it up.
- હાર્દિક Hardikકૃપા કરીને પેપરનો ઉપયોગ કરો.krupa karine paperno upyog karo.Please use a paper.
- પ્રિયા Priyaઠીક છે, હવે હગવું નીકળી ગયું છે.thik che, have hagvu nikali gayu che.Okay, now the poop is gone.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries હગવું, CC BY-SA 4.0.
