mū

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mu"

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmuː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *muu (“flying insect”)

Noun

mū

  1. any destructive insect

Etymology 2

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

Noun

mū

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter M/m.

Etymology 3

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

Noun

mū

  1. (historical) kōnane
  2. checkers
Derived terms
  • mū kākela (“chess”)
  • mū Pākē (“Chinese checkers”)

Etymology 4

From Proto-Polynesian *muu (“tropical porgy”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *muquɲ (“species of fish”).

Noun

mū

  1. bigeye emperor (Monotaxis grandoculis)

Etymology 5

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *muu (“be silent”)

Verb

mū

  1. (stative) silent
Derived terms
  • hoʻomū (“to sit in silence”, verb)

Etymology 6

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

Verb

mū

  1. (intransitive) to gather together
Derived terms
  • hoʻomū

Further reading

Mandarin

Alternative forms

  • mu — nonstandard

Romanization

mū (mu1, Zhuyin ㄇㄨ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 姆
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