muna

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Alternative forms

• mun-a
• nguna, ngun-a

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *um-unah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *unah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuʔna/,
• IPA^(key): /muʔˈna/,
• Hyphenation: mu‧na

Particle

mûna or mùna (Basahan spelling ᜋᜓᜈ)

1. Used to indicate something to be done for a moment

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse móna, from Proto-Germanic *mōmǭ. Cognate with Icelandic móna, Swedish muna.

Noun

muna f

1. mother, mama

Declension

stem=weak ''on''-stem

Ese

Noun

muna

1. stone

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muna, from Proto-Uralic *muna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmunɑ/,
• Hyphenation: mu‧na
• Rhymes: -unɑ

Noun

muna (genitive muna, partitive muna)

1. egg
2. (vulgar, in the plural) balls, testicles

Declension

Derived terms

References

• “muna”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN

Faroese

Etymology 1

From Old Norse muna, from Proto-Germanic *munaną.

Verb

muna (third person singular past indicative munaði, third person plural past indicative munaðu, supine munað)

1. to keep in one's memory, remember

Conjugation

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

muna (third person singular past indicative munti or munaði, third person plural past indicative muntu or munaðu, supine munað)

1. to cause an obvious change or alteration
2. to have an effect, make a difference, have an impact
3. to have an influence on
4. to be sufficient or enough

Conjugation

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmunɑ/,
• Rhymes: -unɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mu‧na

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *muna (“egg; ? penis, testes”), from Proto-Uralic *muna (“egg; ? penis, testes”).

Noun

muna

1. egg

   Hyponym: kananmuna (“chicken egg”)

   1. ovum, egg cell

      Synonym: munasolu

   2. ovoid (something egg-shaped, used especially in compound terms with a modifier that specifies the material)

      Synonym: ovoidi

2. (vulgar) dick (penis)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:siitin

   1. (less vulgar, in the plural) testicle, ball

      Synonyms: see kives

   2. (colloquial) guts, balls (courage)

      Synonyms: kantti, pää

      Onko sulla munaa tehdä se?

      Do you have the balls to do it?

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “muna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Pronoun

muna

1. (colloquial) essive of mä

   Synonym: minuna (standard language)

Anagrams

• Manu, manu, maun, namu

Gothic

Romanization

muna

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʏːna/
• Rhymes: -ʏːna

Etymology 1

From Old Norse muna, from Proto-Germanic *munaną. Cognate with Faroese muna & English mind.

Verb

muna (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative man, third-person singular past indicative mundi, supine munað)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to remember

   Ég man ekki hvað hann heitir.

   I can’t remember what his name is.

   Ég man ekki.

   I can’t remember.

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Related to munur (“difference”).

Verb

muna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative munaði, supine munað)

1. (impersonal, with dative) to differ (by a certain margin)
2. (impersonal) to make a difference (used with the preposition um + the thing that makes a difference)

Conjugation

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muna, from Proto-Uralic *muna. Cognates include Finnish muna and Estonian muna.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmunɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmunɑ/,
• Rhymes: -unɑ
• Hyphenation: mu‧na

Noun

muna

1. egg
2. testicle
3. bump, swelling
4. Short for maamuna.
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 8:

     Kolhosaas kaivetaa munnaa.

     In the kolkhoz potatoes are harvested.

5. Synonym of tuppu (“bun”)

Declension

Synonyms

• (bump): muhku, pahko

Derived terms

• (diminutive) munain

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 318
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 73

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmˠʊnˠə/

Conjunction

muna

1. Alternative form of mura

Particle

muna (copular form used before consonants, form used before vowels munab)

1. Alternative form of mura

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “muna” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Livonian

Alternative forms

• munā (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muna, from Proto-Uralic *muna.

Noun

muna

1. egg

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muna, from Proto-Uralic *muna.

Noun

muna

1. egg

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic مُونَة (mūna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.na/

Noun

muna f (plural mwejjen)

1. food provision

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• mune (e infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse munu.

Verb

muna (present tense mun, past tense munde, past participle munt, imperative mun)

1. (archaic) to be feasible or possible

Derived terms

• mun tru

Related terms

• minne

References

• “muna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *munaną (“to think, consider, remember”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Old English ġemunan, Old Saxon munan, Old High German munan, Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌽 (munan).

Verb

muna (singular past indicative mundi, plural past indicative mundu, past participle munaðr)

1. to remember
   • Vǫluspá, verse 2, lines 1-2, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1:

     Ek man jötna / ár um borna, […]

     I remember giants / born long ago,

Conjugation

Descendants

• Faroese: muna
• Icelandic: muna

See also

• munu

References

• “muna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Verb

muna

1. inflection of munir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

muna

1. inflection of munir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• mona — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *um-unah (“go first”). Equivalent to apheresis of um- +‎ una. Alternatively, possibly from ma- +‎ una.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuna/,
• Hyphenation: mu‧na

Adverb

muna (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜈ)

1. for a while; for a moment; for the time being; a minute (when the nature of the anticipated change is not expressed)

   Puwede bang tumayo ka muna?

   Can you stand up for a while?

   Teka muna.

   Wait a minute.

2. first (when the nature of the anticipated change is expressed or clearly implied)

   Bago siya mag-aral ng leksiyon, nagbabasa muna siya ng diyaryo.

   Before he studies his lessons, he reads newspapers first.

3. yet (used after negative imperatives and hortatives)

   Huwag ka munang kumain.

   Don't eat yet.

   Huwag muna tayong umalis.

   Let's not leave yet.

See also

Verb

muna (complete nuna, progressive nununa, contemplative uuna, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜈ) (obsolete)

1. Alternative form of umuna: to go first; to go ahead

   Muna ka na.

   You go ahead.

Further reading

• “muna”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*unah § *um-unah”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
• Schachter, Paul, Otanes, Fe T. (1972) A Tagalog Reference Grammar, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 424

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muna, from Proto-Uralic *muna.

Noun

muna

1. egg

Inflection

Derived terms

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “яйцо”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muna, from Proto-Uralic *muna.

Noun

muna (genitive muna, partitive munna)

1. egg

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muna, from Proto-Uralic *muna.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmunɑ/,
• Rhymes: -unɑ
• Hyphenation: mu‧na

Noun

muna

1. egg

Inflection

Derived terms

• maamuna

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Ye'kwana

Alternative forms

• muuna (Brazil)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

muna

1. the boto or Amazon River dolphin, Inia geoffrensis

References

• Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “muuna”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎, Museu do Índio/FUNAI
• Alberto Rodriguez, Nalúa Rosa Silva Monterrey, Hernán Castellanos, et al., editors (2012), “muna”, in Ye’kwana-Sanema Nüchü’tammeküdü Medewadinña Tüwötö’se’totojo [Guidelines for the management of the Ye’kwana and Sanema territories in the Caura River basin in Venezuela]‎ (overall work in Ye'kwana and Spanish), Forest Peoples Programme, →ISBN, page 125
• Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎, Santa Barbara: University of California, page 189