munyir

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mulgēre, possibly through a Vulgar Latin mungere (compare Italian mungere, Portuguese mungir, Galician munxir, muxir, moncer) or with influence from ēmungere. First attested in the 14th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [muˈɲi]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [muˈɲiɾ]
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Verb

munyir (first-person singular present munyo, first-person singular preterite munyí, past participle munyit)

  1. (transitive) to milk (express milk from a mammal)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ munyir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

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