mun
Translingual
[edit]Symbol
[edit]mun
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /mʌn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌn
Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English mone (“shall, must”), from Old Norse munu (“shall, must”), from Proto-Germanic *munaną.[1]
Alternative forms
[edit]Verb
[edit]mun
- (dialect, Northern English, modal auxiliary, defective) Must.
- 1894, M E Francis, In a North Country Village:
- Ye mun ha' done wi' all that foolery — ye're gettin' a man now, an' ye mun give over that nonsense.
References
[edit]- ^ “mun”, in Collins English Dictionary.
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-; compare mouth.
Noun
[edit]mun (plural muns)
- (obsolete, dialect) The mouth, jaw.
- 1847, J O Halliwell, Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial words:
- A common cry at Coventry on Good Friday is: One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns, / Butter them and sugar them and put them in your muns.
Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]mun
- (UK, South Africa, dialectal) man
Pronoun
[edit]mun
- (UK, dialect, Devon, Somerset, obsolete) them[1]
- 1746, Exmoor Courtship[2], published 1879, page 50:
- tha wut spudlee out the Yemors, and screedle over mun
References
[edit]- ^ Wright, Joseph (1903) The English Dialect Dictionary[1], volume 4, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 204
Etymology 4
[edit]Clipping of mundane.
Noun
[edit]mun (plural muns)
- (roleplaying games, Internet slang) The person who roleplays a character in a role-playing game, especially an online play-by-post one.
- 2001 December 31, JamesStein, “Successfully Powering Down a Campaign”, in rec.games.frp.dnd[5] (Usenet):
- Any suggestions on how to successfully turn this into a good SL, which will bring the characters back into the range of normalcy, without leaving the muns feeling deprived of everything their characters earned?
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:mun.
Synonyms
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[edit]Dalmatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]mun f
Finnish
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]mun
- (colloquial) genitive of mä
- (dialectal) accusative of mä
See also
[edit]Gothic
[edit]Romanization
[edit]mun
- Romanization of 𐌼𐌿𐌽
Icelandic
[edit]Verb
[edit]mun
Inari Sami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Samic *monë.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]mun (genitive muu)
See also
[edit]Inari Sami personal pronouns | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
1st person | mun | muoi | mij |
2nd person | tun | tuoi | tij |
3rd person | sun | suoi | sij |
Further reading
[edit]- mun in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje[6], Tromsø: UiT
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[7], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Irish
[edit]Contraction
[edit]mun
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
mun | mhun | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mun”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Iu Mien
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔmun (“illness, pain”). Cognate with White Hmong mob and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] mb.
Noun
[edit]mun
Kemi Sami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Samic *monë.
Compare Inari Sami mun and Skolt Sami mon.
Pronoun
[edit]mun (genitive mu)
- I
- 1889, A. Genetz, Journal de la Société finno-ougrienne (VII), Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran Kirjapainossa, page 116:
- Jos mun tåckå dzim kirdadzim Såäſt worodze Såäſt.
- If only I could fly with wings, crow's wings
Mangas
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]mun
- first person plural personal pronoun, we
References
[edit]- Blench, Robert; Bulkaam, Michael (2021) An Introduction to Mantsi, a South Bauchi language of Central Nigeria. University of Cambridge.
Middle English
[edit]Verb
[edit]mun
- Alternative form of mone (“shall”)
Northern Sami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Samic *monë.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]mun
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of mun (irregular) | |
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Nominative | mun, mon |
Genitive | mū |
Nominative | mun, mon |
Genitive | mū |
Accusative | mū |
Illative | munnje |
Locative | mūs |
Comitative | muinna |
Essive | mūnin |
See also
[edit]Personal pronouns | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
1st person | mun | moai | mii |
2nd person | don | doai | dii |
3rd person | son | soai | sii |
Further reading
[edit]- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[8], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]mun
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Norse munr, from Proto-Germanic *muniz.
Noun
[edit]mun m (plural munen)
Old Norse
[edit]Verb
[edit]mun
- inflection of munu:
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from Vietnamese (cánh) mỏng.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mun m inan (indeclinable)
Further reading
[edit]- mun in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- mun in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Scots
[edit]Verb
[edit]mun
- (modal auxiliary, defective) Alternative form of maun
- 1894, M E Francis, In a North Country Village:
- Ye mun ha' done wi' all that foolery — ye're gettin' a man now, an' ye mun give over that nonsense.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Preposition
[edit]mun
- about the, about their, about my, about whom, about which
- around the, around their, around my, around whom, around which
- concerning the, concerning their, concerning my, concerning whom, concerning which
Usage notes
[edit]- Considered somewhat high register in the sense of "about, concerning"; mu dheidhinn is more commonly used in normal register.
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Edward Dwelly (1911) “mun”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][9], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Sranan Tongo
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Related terms
[edit]Sumerian
[edit]Romanization
[edit]mun
- Romanization of 𒁵 (mun)
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish munder, from Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mun c
- (anatomy) a mouth
- morgonstund har guld i mun
- the morning hour has gold in its mouth (the early bird catches the worm)
- många munnar att mätta
- many mouths to feed
Declension
[edit]Declension of mun | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mun | munnen | munnar | munnarna |
Genitive | muns | munnens | munnars | munnarnas |
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- mun in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- mun in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- mun in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Tarifit
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]mun (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵓⵏ)
- (intransitive) to accompany, to keep company
- (intransitive) to gather, to group, to assemble
- (intransitive) to escort
Conjugation
[edit]This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
[edit]- Verbal noun: amuni (“uniting, gathering, meeting”)
- Causative: smun (“to gather, to unite”)
- Verbal noun: asmuni
- amuni (“comrade”)
- tmunet (“company, association”)
- rmunet (“supplies; salary”)
Tok Pisin
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Full_Moon_Luc_Viatour.jpg/220px-Full_Moon_Luc_Viatour.jpg)
Etymology
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Torres Strait Creole
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Vietic *ɓuːɲ (“ashes”). Cognate with Muong bunh.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
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[edit]See also
[edit]Volapük
[edit]Noun
[edit]mun (nominative plural muns)
- moon (planetary satellite)
Declension
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