mun

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Translingual

Symbol

mun

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Munda languages.

English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʌn/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌn

Etymology 1

From Middle English mone (“shall, must”), from Old Norse munu (“shall, must”), from Proto-Germanic *munaną.

Alternative forms

Verb

mun

  1. (dialect, Northern English, modal auxiliary, defective) Must.
    • 1894, M E Francis, In a North Country Village:
      Ye mun ha' done wi' all that foolery — ye're gettin' a man now, an' ye mun give over that nonsense.

References

  1. ^ “mun”, in Collins English Dictionary.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-; compare mouth.

Noun

mun (plural muns)

  1. (obsolete, dialect) The mouth, jaw.
    • 1847, J O Halliwell, Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial words:
      A common cry at Coventry on Good Friday is: One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns, / Butter them and sugar them and put them in your muns.

Etymology 3

Noun

mun

  1. (UK, South Africa, dialectal) man

Pronoun

mun

  1. (UK, dialect, Devon, Somerset, obsolete) them
    • 1746, Exmoor Courtship‎, published 1879, page 50:
      tha wut spudlee out the Yemors, and screedle over mun

References

  1. ^ Wright, Joseph (1903) The English Dialect Dictionary‎, volume 4, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 204

Etymology 4

Clipping of mundane.

Noun

mun (plural muns)

  1. (roleplaying games, Internet slang) The person who roleplays a character in a role-playing game, especially an online play-by-post one.
    • 1997 October 29, Jade , “Re: Male dragon in need of mate ^_^”, in alt.fan.dragons‎ (Usenet):
      Jade grabs a handful of brownies and nibbles on then, trying to keep her mun from reaching right to the screen to get some […]
    • 1999 November 4, Milelarau , “Re: Roleplaying”, in alt.games.everquest‎ (Usenet):
      Wait a sec.... You mean.. this is a GAME??
      And here I thought that nine tae five job my mun goes to everyday was a game and Norrath was my home..
    • 2001 December 31, JamesStein, “Successfully Powering Down a Campaign”, in rec.games.frp.dnd‎ (Usenet):
      Any suggestions on how to successfully turn this into a good SL, which will bring the characters back into the range of normalcy, without leaving the muns feeling deprived of everything their characters earned?
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:mun.
Synonyms

Anagrams

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin manus.

Noun

mun f

  1. (anatomy) hand

Finnish

Pronoun

mun

  1. (colloquial) genitive of mä
  2. (dialectal) accusative of mä

See also

Gothic

Romanization

mun

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌿𐌽

Icelandic

Verb

mun

  1. singular first/third-person present indicative of munu

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monë.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

mun (genitive muu)

  1. I

See also

Inari Sami personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person mun muoi mij
2nd person tun tuoi tij
3rd person sun suoi sij

Further reading

  • mun in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje‎, Tromsø: UiT
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Irish

Contraction

mun

  1. Contraction of um + an.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mun mhun not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔmun (“illness, pain”). Cognate with White Hmong mob and Western Xiangxi Miao mb.

Noun

mun 

  1. pain

Kemi Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monë.

Compare Inari Sami mun and Skolt Sami mon.

Pronoun

mun (genitive mu)

  1. I
    • 1889, A. Genetz, Journal de la Société finno-ougrienne (VII), Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran Kirjapainossa, page 116:
      Jos mun tåckå dzim kirdadzim Såäſt worodze Såäſt.
      If only I could fly with wings, crow's wings

Mangas

Pronunciation

Pronoun

mun

  1. first person plural personal pronoun, we

References

  • Blench, Robert; Bulkaam, Michael (2021) An Introduction to Mantsi, a South Bauchi language of Central Nigeria. University of Cambridge.

Middle English

Verb

mun

  1. Alternative form of mone (“shall”)

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monë.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmun/

Pronoun

mun

  1. I

Inflection

Inflection of mun (irregular)
Nominative mun, mon
Genitive mū
Nominative mun, mon
Genitive mū
Accusative mū
Illative munnje
Locative mūs
Comitative muinna
Essive mūnin

See also

Personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person mun moai mii
2nd person don doai dii
3rd person son soai sii

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

mun

  1. present tense of muna

Etymology 2

From Old Norse munr, from Proto-Germanic *muniz.

Noun

mun m (plural munen)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of mon

Old Norse

Verb

mun

  1. inflection of munu:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present active indicative
    2. second-person singular present active imperative

Polish

Etymology

Perhaps from Vietnamese (cánh) mỏng.

Pronunciation

Noun

mun m inan (indeclinable)

  1. (colloquial) Mun mushroom

Further reading

  • mun in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mun in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

Verb

mun

  1. (modal auxiliary, defective) Alternative form of maun
    • 1894, M E Francis, In a North Country Village:
      Ye mun ha' done wi' all that foolery — ye're gettin' a man now, an' ye mun give over that nonsense.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

mu + an.

Pronunciation

Preposition

mun

  1. about the, about their, about my, about whom, about which
  2. around the, around their, around my, around whom, around which
  3. concerning the, concerning their, concerning my, concerning whom, concerning which

Usage notes

  • Considered somewhat high register in the sense of "about, concerning"; mu dheidhinn is more commonly used in normal register.

See also

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “mun”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English moon.

Pronunciation

Noun

mun

  1. moon
  2. month

Related terms

Sumerian

Romanization

mun

  1. Romanization of 𒁵 (mun)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish munder, from Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-.

Pronunciation

Noun

mun c

  1. (anatomy) a mouth
    morgonstund har guld i mun
    the morning hour has gold in its mouth (the early bird catches the worm)
    många munnar att mätta
    many mouths to feed

Declension

Declension of mun 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mun munnen munnar munnarna
Genitive muns munnens munnars munnarnas

Synonyms

Related terms

References

Tarifit

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Verb

mun (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵓⵏ)

  1. (intransitive) to accompany, to keep company
  2. (intransitive) to gather, to group, to assemble
  3. (intransitive) to escort

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • Verbal noun: amuni (“uniting, gathering, meeting”)
  • Causative: smun (“to gather, to unite”)
  • amuni (“comrade”)
  • tmunet (“company, association”)
  • rmunet (“supplies; salary”)

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

From English moon.

Noun

mun

  1. moon
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:15:
      God i mekim kamap tupela bikpela lait. Bikpela em san bilong givim lait long de, na liklik em mun bilong givim lait long nait. Na God i mekim kamap ol sta tu.
      →New International Version translation
  2. month

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English moon.

Noun

mun

  1. moon

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ɓuːɲ (“ashes”). Cognate with Muong bunh.

Pronunciation

Noun

mun • (門, 椚)

  1. (North Central Vietnam) ashes
    Synonyms: tro, gio
  2. (botany) ebony

Adjective

mun • (門, 椚)

  1. (of a cat, otherwise rare) black
    Synonym: đen

See also

Volapük

Noun

mun (nominative plural muns)

  1. moon (planetary satellite)

Declension

declension of mun
singular plural
nominative mun muns
genitive muna munas
dative mune munes
accusative muni munis
vocative 1 o mun! o muns!
predicative 2 munu munus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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