mou

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See also: Mou, MOU, MoU, móu, mòu, mōu, mǒu, and mᵒū

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 冇 (mou5).

Particle

mou

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) Sentence-final particle, forms a tag question.
    Kopitiam mou? ― Do you want to go to the coffee shop?
    Day trip mou? ― Do you want to go on a day trip?
    Hiking tomorrow. Onz mou? ― I/We are going on a hike tomorrow. Are you coming?

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch mouw, from Middle Dutch mouwe, from Old Dutch *mouwa, *mōwa, from Frankish *mauwa, from Proto-Germanic *mawwō.

Pronunciation

Noun

mou (plural moue)

  1. sleeve

Derived terms

Aiwoo

Adjective

mou

  1. dark grue (dark green, dark blue)

References

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin modus.

Noun

mou m (plural moos)

  1. way; manner
  2. result

Derived terms

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

mou

  1. inflection of moure:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Czech

Pronunciation

Pronoun

mou

  1. accusative/instrumental feminine singular of můj

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mol, inherited from Latin mollem.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mou (masculine singular before vowel mol, feminine molle, masculine plural mous, feminine plural molles)

  1. soft, pliable
  2. (informal) pansy, spineless

Derived terms

Noun

mou m (plural mous)

  1. lungs, lights (of a slaughtered animal)

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Derived from French caramel mou (“soft caramel”). Attested since 1942. Doublet of molle.

Pronunciation

Noun

mou m or f

  1. toffee (soft candy made from milk and caramelized sugar)

Adjective

mou (invariable)

  1. made of toffee

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ https://www.garzantilinguistica.it/ricerca/
  2. ^ https://dizionario.internazionale.it/parola/mou

Mandarin

Romanization

mou

  1. Nonstandard spelling of mōu.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of móu.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of mǒu.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of mòu.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Remodelled from the superlative moäm on the analogy with regular adjectives.

Pronunciation

Adjective

moü

  1. comparative degree of mór

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
moü
also mmoü after a proclitic 		moü
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Kim McCone (1994) “An tSean-Ghaeilge agus a Réamhstair”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do Pádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, §20.3, page 125:
    Síolraíonn SG brc. mó ‘níos mó’ (gnáthfhoirm Wb.) go díreach ó *máu (11.3-4) < *māūh < *mā(y)ūs (> Briot. *mōīh > MB mwy) […]. D’imoibrigh bun-, breis agus sár-chéim ar a chéile i ré na Sean-Ghaeilge: m.sh., […] brc. móa (Wb.) faoi thionchar leithéide oa ‘níos óige’ thuas, agus brc. mou (gnáthfhoirm Ml.) ar bhonn src. moam de réir an ghaoil idir brc. córu ‘níos córa’, src. córam ‘is córa’ (cf. 3.7) agus mar sin de san aicme rialta.

Old Occitan

Pronunciation

Verb

mou

  1. third-person singular present indicative of mover

Ternate

Etymology

Cognate with West Makian mou (“mute”).

Pronunciation

Verb

mou

  1. (stative) to be mute

Conjugation

Conjugation of mou
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tomou fomou mimou
2nd nomou nimou
3rd Masculine omou imou, yomou†
Feminine momou
Neuter imou
† - archaic

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Makian

Etymology

Cognate with Ternate mou (“mute”).

Pronunciation

Verb

mou

  1. (stative) to be mute

Conjugation

Conjugation of mou (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person timou mimou amou
2nd person nimou fimou
3rd person inanimate imou dimou
animate mamou
imperative —, mou —, mou

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics (as mow)

Western Cham

Alternative forms

Etymology

Elision of lemou related to Malay lembu

Noun

mou

  1. cow

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰmuːᴬ (“pig”). Cognate with Thai หมู (mǔu), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩪ, Lao ໝູ (mū), Lü ᦖᦴ (ṁuu), Tai Dam ꪢꪴ, Tai Nüa ᥛᥧᥴ (mú), Shan မူ (mǔu), Ahom 𑜉𑜥 (mū), Bouyei mul, Nong Zhuang mu, Saek หมู่.

Pronunciation

Noun

mou (classifier duz, Sawndip forms 𭸘 or 𭸙 or 𤝖 or 某 or 𭸲, 1957–1982 spelling mou)

  1. pig

Derived terms

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