Most likely borrowed from Swedish mor in the same way as faija from Swedish far.[1] Alternatively, from dialectal Swedish mója (compare moja sig). First mentioned in a dictionary in 1786 as muuja, in its current form in 1823.[2] Swedish moja may however be borrowed from Finnish due to its narrow distribution.
muija
In certain registers, the word has come to be regarded as vulgar or even offensive. This does not, however, apply to all dialects or registers, contemporary nor historic.
| Inflection of muija (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | muija | muijat | |
| genitive | muijan | muijien | |
| partitive | muijaa | muijia | |
| illative | muijaan | muijiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | muija | muijat | |
| accusative | nom. | muija | muijat |
| gen. | muijan | ||
| genitive | muijan | muijien muijain rare | |
| partitive | muijaa | muijia | |
| inessive | muijassa | muijissa | |
| elative | muijasta | muijista | |
| illative | muijaan | muijiin | |
| adessive | muijalla | muijilla | |
| ablative | muijalta | muijilta | |
| allative | muijalle | muijille | |
| essive | muijana | muijina | |
| translative | muijaksi | muijiksi | |
| abessive | muijatta | muijitta | |
| instructive | — | muijin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||