mui

Likely an abbreviation of English Musi.

mui

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Musi.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Musi terms

Borrowed from Cantonese 梅 (mui4).

mui (plural muis)

1. (Hawaii) Chinese plum

• mu (Central and Eastern Asturias, before consonants)

Ultimately from Latin multus.

mui

1. very

• muncho, per-

From Latin magis.

mui

1. more

mui

1. but

Contraction of muide. Doublet of mond.

• IPA^(key): /mœy̯/

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• Hyphenation: mui
• Rhymes: -œy̯

mui f (plural muien, diminutive muitje n)

1. break or neck in a sandbar

   Synonym: suatiegeul

2. (by extension) riptide (a strong flow of water)

   Synonym: muistroom

Compare Moore mui

• [mùì]

mui

1. rice

• mu-biire (“rice grain”)
• mu-woko (“long grained rice”)

mui

1. Rōmaji transcription of むい

Compare Farefare mui

• [mùí]

mui

1. rice

Apocope of muito, from Latin multus (“very”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmũj̃/, /ˈmuj/

mui

1. very
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 26 (facsimile):

     e logo chegar..a alma tomar demões q̇ a leuarõ. mui toſte ſẽ tardar

     and soon devils arrived, seizing the soul, and took it very quickly without delay

• Fala: mui
• Galician: moi, mui
• Portuguese: mui

• muy (obsolete)
• mum (dialectal)
• mim (dialectal)

From Old Galician-Portuguese mui, clipping of muito.

mui

1. (archaic, dialectal) very

   Synonyms: (informal) bem, muito

• IPA^(key): /ˈmwi/ [ˈmwi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: mui

mui

1. obsolete spelling of muy

• “mui”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Dutch moei.

mui

1. (dated) older woman, elderly woman

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• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [muj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [muj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [muj˧˧]

mui • (𥯍, 𥴘, 枚, 梅)

1. covering roof (for car, boat, etc.); hood

From Proto-Tai *ʰmwɯjᴬ (“bear”). Cognate with Thai หมี (mǐi), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩦ, Lao ໝີ (mī), Lü ᦖᦲ (ṁii), Tai Dam ꪢꪲ, Shan မီ (mǐi), Ahom 𑜉𑜣 (mī), Nong Zhuang mue, Bouyei moil. Compare Old Chinese 羋 (OC *meʔ).

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /muːi˨˦/
• Tone numbers: mui¹
• Hyphenation: mui

mui (Sawndip forms 𤞦 or 𪻄, 1957–1982 spelling mui)

1. bear (animal)