muos

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English most.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muos/

Determiner

muos

  1. most
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 12:31:
      Di sekan muos impuotant Laa a dis: ‘Yu fi lov yu nieba siem laik ou yu lov yuself.’ No ada Laa no muo impuotant laik dem tuu ya.
      The second most important law is this: You must love your neighbour the same as you love yourself. No other law is more important than these two.

Further reading

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mōs, from Proto-Germanic *mōsą (“porridge, food”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“wet, fat, dripping”). Related to English mush.

Noun

muos n

  1. food, nourishment, mush.

Inflection

Declension of muos (neuter a-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative muos muos
accusative muos muos
genitive muoses muoso
dative muose muoson

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: moes

Further reading

  • “muos”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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