From French moitié (“half”). Possibly also influenced by sunyi, suttyomban and dialectal mityimutyi, referring to slyness and secrecy. The two different meanings could have met in relation to card games.
mutyi (plural mutyik)
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | mutyi | mutyik |
| accusative | mutyit | mutyikat |
| dative | mutyinak | mutyiknak |
| instrumental | mutyival | mutyikkal |
| causal-final | mutyiért | mutyikért |
| translative | mutyivá | mutyikká |
| terminative | mutyiig | mutyikig |
| essive-formal | mutyiként | mutyikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | mutyiban | mutyikban |
| superessive | mutyin | mutyikon |
| adessive | mutyinál | mutyiknál |
| illative | mutyiba | mutyikba |
| sublative | mutyira | mutyikra |
| allative | mutyihoz | mutyikhoz |
| elative | mutyiból | mutyikból |
| delative | mutyiról | mutyikról |
| ablative | mutyitól | mutyiktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
mutyié | mutyiké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
mutyiéi | mutyikéi |
| Possessive forms of mutyi | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | mutyim | mutyijaim (or mutyiim) |
| 2nd person sing. | mutyid | mutyijaid (or mutyiid) |
| 3rd person sing. | mutyija | mutyijai (or mutyii) |
| 1st person plural | mutyink | mutyijaink (or mutyiink) |
| 2nd person plural | mutyitok | mutyijaitok (or mutyiitok) |
| 3rd person plural | mutyijuk | mutyijaik (or mutyiik) |