mun
Translingual
Symbol
mun
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʌn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌn
Etymology 1
From Middle English mone (“shall, must”), from Old Norse munu (“shall, must”), from Proto-Germanic *munaną.[1]
Alternative forms
Verb
mun
- (dialect, Northern English, modal auxiliary, defective) Must.
- 1894, M E Francis, In a North Country Village:
- Ye mun ha' done wi' all that foolery — ye're gettin' a man now, an' ye mun give over that nonsense.
References
- ^ “mun”, in Collins English Dictionary.
Etymology 2
From Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-; compare mouth.
Noun
mun (plural muns)
- (obsolete, dialect) The mouth, jaw.
- 1847, J O Halliwell, Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial words:
- A common cry at Coventry on Good Friday is: One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns, / Butter them and sugar them and put them in your muns.
Etymology 3
Noun
mun
- (UK, South Africa, dialectal) man
Pronoun
mun
- (UK, dialect, Devon, Somerset, obsolete) them[1]
- 1746, Exmoor Courtship[2], published 1879, page 50:
- tha wut spudlee out the Yemors, and screedle over mun
References
- ^ Wright, Joseph (1903) The English Dialect Dictionary[1], volume 4, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 204
Etymology 4
Clipping of mundane.
Noun
mun (plural muns)
- (roleplaying games, Internet slang) The person who roleplays a character in a role-playing game, especially an online play-by-post one.
- Synonyms: roleplayer, RPer
- Hyponym: LARPer
- 2001 December 31, JamesStein, “Successfully Powering Down a Campaign”, in rec.games.frp.dnd[5] (Usenet):
- Any suggestions on how to successfully turn this into a good SL, which will bring the characters back into the range of normalcy, without leaving the muns feeling deprived of everything their characters earned?
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:mun.
Anagrams
Dalmatian
Etymology
Noun
mun f
Finnish
Pronoun
mun
See also
Gothic
Romanization
mun
- romanization of 𐌼𐌿𐌽
Icelandic
Verb
mun
- singular first/third-person present indicative of munu
Inari Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *monë.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
mun (genitive muu)
See also
Inari Sami personal pronouns | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | dual | plural | |
1st person | mun | muoi | mij |
2nd person | tun | tuoi | tij |
3rd person | sun | suoi | sij |
Further reading
- mun in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje[6], Tromsø: UiT
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[7], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Irish
Contraction
mun
Mutation
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
---|---|---|
mun | mhun | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mun”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Iu Mien
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔmun (“illness, pain”). Cognate with White Hmong mob and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] mb.
Noun
mun
Kemi Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *monë.
Compare Inari Sami mun and Skolt Sami mon.
Pronoun
mun (genitive mu)
- I
- 1889, A. Genetz, Journal de la Société finno-ougrienne (VII), Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran Kirjapainossa, page 116:
- Jos mun tåckå dzim kirdadzim Såäſt worodze Såäſt.
- If only I could fly with wings, crow's wings
Mangas
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /màɣà/
Pronoun
mun
- first person plural personal pronoun, we
References
- Blench, Robert; Bulkaam, Michael (2021) An Introduction to Mantsi, a South Bauchi language of Central Nigeria. University of Cambridge.
Middle English
Verb
mun
- alternative form of mone (“shall”)
Northern Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *monë.
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmun/
Pronoun
mun
Inflection
Inflection of mun (irregular) | |
---|---|
Nominative | mun, mon |
Genitive | mū |
Nominative | mun, mon |
Genitive | mū |
Accusative | mū |
Illative | munnje |
Locative | mūs |
Comitative | muinna |
Essive | mūnin |
See also
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | mun | moai | mii |
2nd person | don | doai | dii |
3rd person | son | soai | sii |
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[8], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Verb
mun
- present tense of muna
Etymology 2
From Old Norse munr, from Proto-Germanic *muniz.
Noun
mun m (plural munen)
- (pre-1938) alternative form of mon
Old Norse
Verb
mun
- inflection of munu:
- first/second/third-person singular present active indicative
- second-person singular present active imperative
Polish
Etymology
Perhaps from Vietnamese (cánh) mỏng.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmun/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -un
- Syllabification: mun
Noun
mun m inan (indeclinable)
Further reading
- mun in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- mun in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Scots
Verb
mun
- (modal auxiliary, defective) alternative form of maun
- 1894, M E Francis, In a North Country Village:
- Ye mun ha' done wi' all that foolery — ye're gettin' a man now, an' ye mun give over that nonsense.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mən/
Preposition
mun
- about the, about their, about my, about whom, about which
- around the, around their, around my, around whom, around which
- concerning the, concerning their, concerning my, concerning whom, concerning which
Usage notes
- Considered somewhat high register in the sense of "about, concerning"; mu dheidhinn is more commonly used in normal register.
See also
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “mun”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][9], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mun/
Noun
mun
Related terms
Sumerian
Romanization
mun
- romanization of 𒁵 (mun)
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish munder, from Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɵn/, [mɵnː]
Audio: (file)
Noun
mun c
- (anatomy) a mouth
- morgonstund har guld i mun
- the morning hour has gold in its mouth (the early bird catches the worm)
- många munnar att mätta
- many mouths to feed
- 1991, Eva Dahlgren, “Vem tänder stjärnorna? [Who lights the stars?]”, in En blekt blondins hjärta [The Heart of a Bleached Blonde][10]:
- Det var evighetssekunder. Tre korta andetag. Hela livet vände. Vem valde? Inte jag. Jag hörde ord från mina läppar som aldrig vilat i min mun. Tankar aldrig tänkta, som nya väggar i ett rum.
- It was seconds of eternity. Three short breaths. My whole life ["the whole life" – Swedish often prefers to express possession by putting a noun in the definite instead of with a separate possessive pronoun] turned around. Who chose? Not me. I heard words from my lips that had [implied from vilat (“rested”) being supine] never rested in my mouth. Thoughts never thought, like new walls in a room.
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | mun | muns |
definite | munnen | munnens | |
plural | indefinite | munnar | munnars |
definite | munnarna | munnarnas |
Synonyms
Related terms
References
- mun in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- mun in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- mun in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Svensk MeSH
Tarifit
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Verb
mun (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵓⵏ)
- (intransitive) to accompany, to keep company
- (intransitive) to gather, to group, to assemble
- (intransitive) to escort
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- amuni (“comrade”)
- Causative: smun (“to gather, to unite”)
- Verbal noun: asmuni
- rmunet (“supplies; salary”)
- tmunet (“company, association”)
- Verbal noun: amuni (“uniting, gathering, meeting”)
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Noun
mun
Torres Strait Creole
Etymology
Noun
mun
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *ɓuːɲ (“ashes”). Cognate with Muong bunh.
Pronunciation
Noun
Adjective
See also
Volapük
Noun
mun (nominative plural muns)
- moon (planetary satellite)