muas
See also: M-uas
Dalmatian
Etymology
From a derivative of Latin marceō (“wither”).
Adjective
muas
French
Verb
muas
- second-person singular past historic of muer
Anagrams
Galician
Verb
muas
- (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular present indicative of muar
Karo Batak
Etymology
Cognate with Toba Batak mauas.
Adjective
muas
References
- Ahmad Samin Siregar et al. (2001). Kamus Bahasa Karo–Indonesia. Medan: Balai Pustaka, p. 145.
White Hmong
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muə̯˩/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *mɛjX (“to buy”), probably borrowed from Middle Chinese 買／买 (mǎi, “to buy”). See also muaj (“to have”).[1]
Verb
muas
- to buy
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Chinese 馬／马 (mǎ, “horse”).[2]
Noun
muas
- only used in muas lwj (“Sambar deer”)
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 134.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 139; 277.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25