munu

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See also: munū and mʉnʉ

Apalaí

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *munu (“blood”).

Noun

munu

  1. blood

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse munu, monu.

Pronunciation

Verb

munu (first person singular present indicative mun, first person plural past subjunctive mundi or myndi)

  1. (auxiliary) will, shall

Conjugation

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munu — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að munu
past infinitive
(nafnháttur þátíð) 		mundu ⁄ myndu
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég mun við munum present
(nútíð) 		ég muni við munum
þú munt þið munuð þú munir þið munið
hann, hún, það mun þeir, þær, þau munu hann, hún, það muni þeir, þær, þau muni
past
(þátíð) 		-- -- past
(þátíð) 		ég mundi / myndi við mundum / myndum
-- -- þú mundir / myndir þið munduð / mynduð
-- -- hann, hún, það mundi / myndi þeir, þær, þau mundu / myndu
Note that the indicative past forms do not exist and that this verb only exists in the active, with no past participle. Forms divided by a / are both used.

See also

Mwani

Noun

munu class 1 (plural wanu)

  1. person

Old Norse

Etymology

A semantically differentiated variant of muna.

Verb

munu (third-person singular present indicative man or mun)

  1. (auxiliary verb) denoting futurity will, shall
    munu margir þess gjalda
    many will smart for it
  2. denoting what is probable or pretty certain
  3. (past tense) would, must
    kvað hann þá nú mundu dauða
    he said that now they must be dead

Usage notes

  • When auxiliary to a copula, the copula may be left out.
  • Along with only two other verbs (skulu and vilja), munu has a special past tense infinitive. It is equal to the third person plural past tense mundu. This rare form is mostly used when the verb of the main clause also is in the past tense.

Conjugation

Conjugation of munu (preterite-present)
infinitive munu
present participle munandi
past participle –
indicative present past
1st-person singular mun, man mynda, munda
2nd-person singular mun, mant mynda, mundir
3rd-person singular mun, man mynda, mundi
1st-person plural munum mynda, mundum
2nd-person plural munuð mynda, munduð
3rd-person plural munu mynda, mundu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular muna, myna mynda
2nd-person singular munir, mynir myndir
3rd-person singular muni, myni myndi
1st-person plural munim, mynim myndim
2nd-person plural munið, mynið myndið
3rd-person plural muni, myni myndi
imperative present
2nd-person singular mun
1st-person plural munum
2nd-person plural munuð

Descendants

See also

  • muna (“remember”)

References

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

Pitjantjatjara

Conjunction

munu

  1. and (non-switching)
  2. plus

Usage notes

Munu is a non-switching conjunction. When it joins two clauses or sentences, it conveys that the subject of the first clause carries over into the second. In cases where each clause has a different subject, ka is used instead.

References

  • Paul A. Eckert (2007) Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara Picture Dictionary‎, IAD Press, →ISBN

San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mono.

Noun

munu

  1. spider monkey

References

  • Stewart, Cloyd, et al. (2000) Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C.

Trió

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *munu. Compare Ye'kwana munu, Macushi mînî, Apalaí munu.

Noun

munu

  1. blood

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *munu (“blood”).

Pronunciation

Noun

munu (possessed munui)

  1. blood
    Synonyms: aki, aaki

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “munu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, page 113
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “munu”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “munu”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
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