mua

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *moN, from Proto-Indo-European *me- (“me”).

Pronoun

mua

1. (to) me

Related terms

Anuta

Adjective

mua

1. front

Chinese

Pronunciation

Interjection

mua

1. (Mainland China, neologism, slang, onomatopoeic) mwah

Fijian

Noun

mua

1. sailor, mariner

Finnish

Pronoun

mua

1. (colloquial) partitive of mä

See also

• minua

Anagrams

• -uma, mau

French

Verb

mua

1. third-person singular past historic of muer

Galician

Verb

mua

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of muar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *muqa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmua/,

Noun

mua

1. (locative noun) before, in front of, first, ahead, forward, in advance, future, front

   E inu ma mua o ka ʻai.

   Drink before eating.

2. (locative noun) former, foremost, primary, principal
3. (locative noun) previously, beforehand
4. (locative noun) oldest, older sibling
5. (locative noun) senior branch of a family
6. (locative noun) leader, senior partner
7. (locative noun) more than
8. men’s eating house

Derived terms

• ʻoumuamua

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *muha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *muqa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mua/
• Hyphenation: mu‧a

Noun

mua

1. (anatomy) face

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien 鰻／鳗 (môa, “eel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmua̯/
• Hyphenation: mua

Noun

mua (first-person possessive muaku, second-person possessive muamu, third-person possessive muanya)

1. eel

   Synonym: belut

Further reading

• “mua” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish muad (“cloud, mist, fumes”), possibly from Proto-Celtic *moudo-.

Noun

mua m (genitive singular mua, nominative plural muanna)

1. clouded apparition, mysterious figure

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mua”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maa. Cognates include Finnish maa and Estonian maa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuɑ̯/
• Hyphenation: mua

Noun

mua (genitive muan, partitive muata or muada)

1. earth
2. land
3. soil

Declension

Derived terms

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “mua”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

Livvi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuɑ̯/
• Hyphenation: mua
• Rhymes: -uɑ̯

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *maa. Cognates include Finnish maa and Estonian maa.

Noun

mua (genitive muan, partitive muadu)

1. earth
2. ground, soil
3. world
4. country
5. place, region

Declension

Etymology 2

Related to Veps muja.

Noun

mua (genitive muan, partitive muadu)

1. colour

Declension

References

• Olga Žarinova (2012) Pagizemmo Karjalakse [Let's speak Karelian], St Petersburg, →ISBN, page 10
• Tatjana Boiko (2019) “mua”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maa. Cognates include Finnish maa and Veps ma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuɑ̯/
• Hyphenation: mua
• Rhymes: -uɑ̯

Noun

mua

1. earth
2. country

Declension

References

• Miikul Pahomov (2016) “mua”, in Учебный словарь литературного людиковского языка‎, page 29

Mauwake

Noun

mua

1. man

Further reading

• Liisa Berghäll, A grammar of Mauwake (2015, →ISBN
• Mauwake - English dictionary (2007, SIL)

Niuean

Pronoun

mua

1. 2nd person dual pronoun: you two

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

mua f (definite singular mua, indefinite plural muer or muor, definite plural muene or muone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of mue
2. definite singular of mue

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mũa

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mūla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.a/
• Rhymes: -ua

Noun

mua f (plural muas)

1. female mule
   • 1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, King Denis of Portugal, B 1537: Joam Bol'anda mal debaratado (facsimile)

     Leuoulho roçin e leixoulha mua

     He stole his nag, leaving him his mule.

Related terms

• muu

Descendants

• Portuguese: mua

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

mua (m-mi class, plural miwa)

1. Alternative spelling of muwa

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key):
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• Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City)

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Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 務 (“to seek”, SV: vụ) (Haudricourt, 1954); cognate with Muong mua.

The common Vietic word for “to buy” is chác (from Proto-Vietic *caːk), now obsolete and mainly used in compounds. See also tậu, a Tai loanword, and sắm, which has originally meaning of "to prepare".

Verb

mua • (𧷸, 模, 謨, 𡃗)

1. to buy; to purchase

   Synonyms: tậu, sắm

   Antonym: bán

2. to bribe; to square
3. to bring upon oneself; to court

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

(classifier cây) mua

1. melastoma (genus Melastoma)