muni

See also: Appendix:Variations of "muni"

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of municipal.

Noun

muni (plural munis)

1. (finance) A municipal bond.

   I invested half of my savings in a muni fund.

2. A facility operated by a municipal government, such as a golf course or train line.

   We usually play at a muni.

3. The municipal government / municipality

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit मुनि (muni).

Noun

muni (plural munis)

1. (Jainism, Buddhism) A holy man; a sage or ascetic. [from 18th c.]
   • 1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XVII, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 158:

     Disguising himself, he ventured into the countryside, where he spied a muni meditating beneath a plane tree.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuni/, [ˈmuni] (third-person indicative)
• IPA^(key): /ˈmuniˣ/, [ˈmuni(ʔ)] (imperative, indicative connegative)
• Rhymes: -uni
• Syllabification^(key): mu‧ni

Verb

muni

1. inflection of munia:
   1. third-person singular past indicative
   2. present active indicative connegative
   3. second-person singular present imperative
   4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

• imun, miun, muin

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.ni/

Participle

muni (feminine munie, masculine plural munis, feminine plural munies)

1. past participle of munir

Further reading

• “muni”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Gothic

Romanization

muni

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌹

Latin

Verb

mūnī

1. second-person singular present active imperative of mūniō

Ngarrindjeri

Noun

muni

1. mosquito

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀫𑀼𑀦𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• मुनि (Devanagari script)
• মুনি (Bengali script)
• මුනි (Sinhalese script)
• မုနိ or မုၼိ (Burmese script)
• มุนิ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩩᨶᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຸນິ (Lao script)
• មុនិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄪𑄚𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मुनि (muni, “sage, ascetic”), from मन् (man, “think”).

Noun

muni m

1. monk, sage

Declension

Declension table of "muni" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	muni	munayo or munī
Accusative (second)	muniṃ	munayo or munī
Instrumental (third)	muninā	munīhi or munībhi
Dative (fourth)	munissa or munino	munīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	munismā or munimhā	munīhi or munībhi
Genitive (sixth)	munissa or munino	munīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	munismiṃ or munimhi	munīsu
Vocative (calling)	muni	munayo or munī

Portuguese

Verb

muni

1. inflection of munir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit मुनि (muni, “sage, ascetic”), from मन् (man, “think”). Compare Spanish muñir.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmuniʔ/ [ˈmuː.n̪ɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -uniʔ
• Syllabification: mu‧ni

Noun

munì (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜈᜒ)

1. thinking according to logic and reason

Derived terms

• muni-muni
• pagmumuni
• pagmumuni-muni
• pagmuni-munihin

 

Further reading

• “muni”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Wajarri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muni/

Noun

muni

1. woman