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mun

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mun"

Translingual

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Symbol

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mun

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Munda languages.

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English mone (“shall, must”), from Old Norse munu (“shall, must”), from Proto-Germanic *munaną.[1]

Alternative forms

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Verb

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mun

  1. (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

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  1. ^ “mun”, in Collins English Dictionary.

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-; compare mouth.

Noun

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mun (plural muns)

  1. (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

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Noun

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mun

  1. (UK, South Africa, dialectal) man

Pronoun

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mun

  1. (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

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  1. ^ Wright, Joseph (1903) The English Dialect Dictionary‎[1], volume 4, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 204

Etymology 4

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Clipping of mundane.

Noun

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mun (plural muns)

  1. (roleplaying games, Internet slang) The person who roleplays a character in a role-playing game, especially an online play-by-post one.
    • 1997 October 29, Jade [username], “Re: Male dragon in need of mate ^_^”, in alt.fan.dragons‎[3] (Usenet):
      Jade grabs a handful of brownies and nibbles on then,[sic] trying to keep her mun from reaching right to the screen to get some […]
    • 1999 November 4, Milelarau [username], “Re: Roleplaying”, in alt.games.everquest‎[4] (Usenet):
      Wait a sec.... You mean.. this is a GAME??
      And here I thought that nine tae five job my mun goes to everyday[sic] was a game and Norrath was my home..
    • 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.
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Anagrams

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Dalmatian

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Etymology

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From Latin manus.

Noun

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mun f

  1. (anatomy) hand

Finnish

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Pronoun

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mun

  1. (colloquial) genitive singular of mä
  2. (dialectal) accusative singular of mä

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Gothic

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Romanization

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mun

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌿𐌽

Icelandic

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Verb

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mun

  1. singular first/third-person present indicative of munu

Inari Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *monë.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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mun (genitive muu)

  1. I

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Inari Sami personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person mun muoi mij
2nd person tun tuoi tij
3rd person sun suoi sij

Further reading

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  • 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

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Contraction

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mun

  1. Contraction of um + an.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of mun
radical lenition eclipsis
mun mhun not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Iu Mien

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔmun (“illness, pain”). Cognate with White Hmong mob and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] mb.

Noun

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mun 

  1. pain

Kemi Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *monë.

Compare Inari Sami mun and Skolt Sami mon.

Pronoun

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mun (genitive mu)

  1. 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

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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mun

  1. first person plural personal pronoun, we

References

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  • Blench, Robert; Bulkaam, Michael (2021) An Introduction to Mantsi, a South Bauchi language of Central Nigeria. University of Cambridge.

Middle English

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Verb

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mun

  1. Alternative form of mone (“shall”)

Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *monë.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmun/

Pronoun

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mun

  1. I

Inflection

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Inflection of mun (irregular)
Nominative mun, mon
Genitive mū
Nominative mun, mon
Genitive mū
Accusative mū
Illative munnje
Locative mūs
Comitative muinna
Essive mūnin

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Personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person mun moai mii
2nd person don doai dii
3rd person son soai sii

Further reading

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  • 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

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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mun

  1. present tense of muna

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse munr, from Proto-Germanic *muniz.

Noun

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mun m (plural munen)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of mon

Old Norse

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Verb

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mun

  1. inflection of munu:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present active indicative
    2. second-person singular present active imperative

Polish

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Vietnamese (cánh) mỏng.

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Noun

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mun m inan (indeclinable)

  1. (colloquial) Mun mushroom

Further reading

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  • mun in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mun in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

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Verb

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mun

  1. (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

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Etymology

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mu + an.

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Preposition

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mun

  1. about the, about their, about my, about whom, about which
  2. around the, around their, around my, around whom, around which
  3. concerning the, concerning their, concerning my, concerning whom, concerning which

Usage notes

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  • Considered somewhat high register in the sense of "about, concerning"; mu dheidhinn is more commonly used in normal register.

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Further reading

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  • 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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Etymology

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From English moon.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mun

  1. moon
  2. month
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Sumerian

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Romanization

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mun

  1. Romanization of 𒁵 (mun)

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish munder, from Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-.

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Noun

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mun c

  1. (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

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Declension of mun
nominative genitive
singular indefinite mun muns
definite munnen munnens
plural indefinite munnar munnars
definite munnarna munnarnas

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Tarifit

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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mun (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵓⵏ)

  1. (intransitive) to accompany, to keep company
  2. (intransitive) to gather, to group, to assemble
  3. (intransitive) to escort

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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  • Verbal noun: amuni (“uniting, gathering, meeting”)
  • Causative: smun (“to gather, to unite”)
  • amuni (“comrade”)
  • tmunet (“company, association”)
  • rmunet (“supplies; salary”)

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English moon.

Noun

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mun

  1. moon
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:15:
      God i mekim kamap tupela bikpela lait. Bikpela em san bilong givim lait long de, na liklik em mun bilong givim lait long nait. Na God i mekim kamap ol sta tu.
      →New International Version translation
  2. month

Torres Strait Creole

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Etymology

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From English moon.

Noun

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mun

  1. moon

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *ɓuːɲ (“ashes”). Cognate with Muong bunh.

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Noun

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mun • (門, 椚)

  1. (North Central Vietnam) ashes
    Synonyms: tro, gio
  2. (botany) ebony

Adjective

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mun • (門, 椚)

  1. (of a cat, otherwise rare) black
    Synonym: đen

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Volapük

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Noun

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mun (nominative plural muns)

  1. moon (planetary satellite)

Declension

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declension of mun
singular plural
nominative mun muns
genitive muna munas
dative mune munes
accusative muni munis
vocative 1 o mun! o muns!
predicative 2 munu munus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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