mugė

Proposed by some to be related to mugti (“to make noise”), mugoti (“to look at the mud with a squint”), muguliuoti (“to move, to travel”), mugšis (“doubting and covered man”), mugiuoti (“to be a cover”), and Latvian mudzēt (“to crowd, to teem”), ultimately of onomatopoeic origin.

mùgė f (plural mugės)

1. fair (event for public entertainment and trade; market)

   Vilniaus knygų mugė ― Vilnius book fair

• turgus

• “mugė”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
• “mugė”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
• “mugė”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025