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Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Albanian muoj, from Proto-Albanian *mōnja, from *māsnja, from pre-Albanian *māsnion, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (compare English moon, Latin mensis, Tocharian A mañ, Lithuanian mėnuo, Russian ме́сяц (mésjac)).
Pronunciation
Noun
muaj m (plural muaj, definite muaji, definite plural muajt)
- month
Declension
Derived terms
White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *n-mɛj (“to have”), possibly related to Chinese 買／买 (mǎi, “to buy”) and 賣／卖 (mài, “to sell”) (and thus muas (“to buy”) and muag (“to sell”)), though the details are unclear. Cognate with Iu Mien maaih.
Pronunciation
Verb
muaj
- to have, to possess
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, pages 209-10; 276.