muaj

Albanian

Alternative forms

moj, muoj — Arbanasi
muj, muej, muje — Gheg
Gheg/Arbëreshë:
- singular: moi
- plural: monje
muoj — Buzuku

Etymology

From Old Albanian muoj, from Late-PA *mōj, earlier *moj, from Proto-Albanian *moi̯i̯ə, from Early-PA *mā̊i̯i̯ad, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *mā́i̯i̯a- < *mā́hi̯a-, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥si̯o-, from *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon”).^[1] (compare English moon, Latin mensis, Tocharian A mañ, Lithuanian mėnuo, Russian ме́сяц (mésjac))

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmuaj]
Audio: (file)

Noun

muaj m (plural muaj, definite muaji, definite plural muajtë)

month

Declension

Declension of **muaj**
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	muaj	muaji	muaj	muajtë
accusative	muaj	muajin	muaj	muajtë
dative	muaji	muajit	muajve	muajve
ablative	muaji	muajit	muajsh	muajve

Derived terms

muaji i mjaltit

References

^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “muaj”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *n-mɛj (“to have”), possibly related to Chinese 買 / 买 (mǎi, “to buy”) and 賣 / 卖 (mài, “to sell”) (and thus muas (“to buy”) and muag (“to sell”)), though the details are unclear. Cognate with Iu Mien maaih.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /muə̯˥˧/

Verb

muaj

to have, to possess

References

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.

^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, pages 209-10; 276.

[1] Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “muaj”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

[2] Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, pages 209-10; 276.

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