muu

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See also: múu, mưu, and mṹṹ

Aghem

Noun

mú'ú

  1. water
    mùu ǹ ...
    the water of the ...

Further reading

Chuukese

Noun

muu

  1. kingdom

Esperanto

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -uu
  • Hyphenation: mu‧u

Interjection

muu

  1. moo (the cry of a cow)

Related terms

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu. Cognate with Finnish muu, Northern Mansi мо̄т (mōt), Hungarian más.

Pronoun

muu

  1. other

Declension

Declension of muu (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative muu muud
accusative nom.
gen. muu
genitive muude
partitive muud muid
muusid
illative muusse muudesse
muisse
inessive muus muudes
muis
elative muust muudest
muist
allative muule muudele
muile
adessive muul muudel
muil
ablative muult muudelt
muilt
translative muuks muudeks
muiks
terminative muuni muudeni
essive muuna muudena
abessive muuta muudeta
comitative muuga muudega

Further reading

  • “muu”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “muu”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • muu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Finnish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu. Cognate with Estonian muu, Northern Sami nubbi, Northern Mansi мо̄т (mōt), Hungarian más.

Pronoun

muu

  1. (indefinite) other, another
    Synonyms: eri, toinen
    Antonyms: sama, samainen
    joku muu ― someone else
    jokin muu ― something else
  2. (indefinite, in the plural) the others (of people)
  3. (indefinite) else
    Kaapissa ei ollut mitään muuta kuin tölkki papuja.
    There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.
    (literally, “There was nothing else in the cupboard than a tin of beans.”)

Determiner

muu

  1. other, another
Inflection
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Declension of muu (type 18/maa)
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative muu muutsuperessive muualla –
genitive muun muiden
muitten		delative muualta –
partitive muuta muitasublative muualle –
accusative muu
muun		 muutlative – –
inessive muussa muissatemporal muulloin –
elative muusta muistacausative muuten –
illative muuhun muihinmultiplicative – –
adessive muulla muilladistributive – –
ablative muulta muiltatemp. dist. – –
allative muulle muilleprolative – –
essive muuna muinasituative – –
translative muuksi muiksioppositive – –
abessive muutta muitta
instructive – muin
comitative – muine
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic

Interjection

muu

  1. (onomatopoeia) moo (a sound made by a cow)
Synonyms
Related terms

Ingrian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *muu. Cognates include Finnish muu and Estonian muu.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

muu

  1. (in the singular) the other
  2. (in the plural) others

Determiner

muu

  1. other, another
Declension
Declension of muu (type 8/maa, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative muu muut
genitive muun muijen
partitive muuta muita
illative muuhu muihe
inessive muus muis
elative muust muist
allative muulle muille
adessive muul muil
ablative muult muilt
translative muuks muiks
essive muunna, muun muinna, muin
exessive1) muunt muint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
Synonyms
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of "the other"): yks
  • (antonym(s) of "others"): yks
  • (antonym(s) of "other"): sama, yks
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. Akin to Finnish muu.

Pronunciation

Interjection

muu

  1. moo

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 101
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 322

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muu. Cognates include Finnish muu and Estonian muu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmuː/
  • Hyphenation: muu

Pronoun

muu

  1. the other, another

Determiner

muu

  1. other, another

References

  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 111
  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “другой”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

Kumeyaay

Pronunciation

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Noun

muu

  1. ram, bighorn sheep.

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muu. Cognates include Finnish muu and Estonian muu.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

muu

  1. the other, another

Determiner

muu

  1. other, another

Declension

Declension of muu (Type 15/suu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative muu muut
genitive muun muuloin
partitive muudu muuloi
illative muuh muuloih
inessive muus muulois
elative muuspäi muuloispäi
allative muule muuloile
adessive muul muuloil
ablative muulpäi muuloilpäi
translative muukse muuloikse
essive muunnu muuloinnu
abessive muuttah muuloittah
comitative muunke muuloinke
instructive muuloiči
prolative muuči

References

  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) “muu”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu.

Pronoun

muu

  1. other

Navajo

Noun

muu

  1. (onomatopoeia) moo, the characteristic lowing sound made by cattle

Nootka

Numeral

muu

  1. four

References

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mūlum.

Pronunciation

Noun

muu m (plural muus)

  1. a mule
  2. (figurative, derogatory, sexuality) passive homosexual lover

Related terms

Descendants

  • Portuguese: mu

Further reading

Portuguese

Interjection

muu

  1. Alternative form of mu

Ulch

Noun

muu

  1. water

References

  • Sonya Oskolskaya, Natasha Stoynova, Some Changes in the Noun Paradigm of Ulcha Under the Language Shift, 2017.

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmuː/,
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Hyphenation: muu

Determiner

muu

  1. other, another

Pronoun

muu

  1. the other, others

Declension

Declension of muu (type I/maa, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative muu muud
genitive muu muijõ
partitive muutõ muitõ
illative muhhu, muhuusõ muisõ
inessive muuz muiz
elative muussõ muissõ
allative muulõ muilõ
adessive muullõ muillõ
ablative muultõ muiltõ
translative muussi muissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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