muu
Translingual
Symbol
muu
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Yaaku terms
Aghem
Noun
mú'ú
- water
- mùu ǹ ...
- the water of the ...
Further reading
- Aghem Grammatical Structure: With Special Reference to Noun Classes (1979), pages 13, 18, 38
- Current approaches to African linguistics, volume 4 (Foris Publications, 1987), page 209
Chuukese
Noun
muu
Esperanto
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuu/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -uu
- Hyphenation: mu‧u
Interjection
muu
Related terms
- muĝi (“to moo”)
- muĝo (“a moo”)
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu. Cognate with Finnish muu, Northern Mansi мо̄т (mōt), Hungarian más.
Pronoun
muu (genitive muu, partitive muud)
Declension
| Declension of muu (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | muu | muud | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | muu | ||
| genitive | muude | ||
| partitive | muud | muid muusid | |
| illative | muusse | muudesse muisse | |
| inessive | muus | muudes muis | |
| elative | muust | muudest muist | |
| allative | muule | muudele muile | |
| adessive | muul | muudel muil | |
| ablative | muult | muudelt muilt | |
| translative | muuks | muudeks muiks | |
| terminative | muuni | muudeni | |
| essive | muuna | muudena | |
| abessive | muuta | muudeta | |
| comitative | muuga | muudega | |
Further reading
- “muu”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “muu”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- muu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
- Rhymes: -uː
- Syllabification(key): muu
- Hyphenation(key): muu
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu. Cognate with Estonian muu, Northern Sami nubbi, Northern Mansi мо̄т (mōt), Hungarian más.
Pronoun
muu
- (indefinite) other, another
- (indefinite, in the plural) the others (of people)
- (indefinite) else
- Kaapissa ei ollut mitään muuta kuin tölkki papuja.
- There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.
- (literally, “There was nothing else in the cupboard than a tin of beans.”)
Determiner
muu
Inflection
Declension of muu (type 18/maa)
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “muu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic
Interjection
muu
- (onomatopoeia) moo (a sound made by a cow)
Synonyms
Related terms
Ingrian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *muu. Cognates include Finnish muu and Estonian muu.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
- Rhymes: -uː
- Hyphenation: muu
Pronoun
muu
Determiner
muu
Declension
| Declension of muu (type 8/maa, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | muu | muut |
| genitive | muun | muijen |
| partitive | muuta | muita |
| illative | muuhu | muihe |
| inessive | muus | muis |
| elative | muust | muist |
| allative | muulle | muille |
| adessive | muul | muil |
| ablative | muult | muilt |
| translative | muuks | muiks |
| essive | muunna, muun | muinna, muin |
| exessive1) | muunt | muint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic. Akin to Finnish muu.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
- Rhymes: -uː
- Hyphenation: muu
Interjection
muu
References
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 101
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 322
Karelian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *muu. Cognates include Finnish muu and Estonian muu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuː/
- Hyphenation: muu
Pronoun
muu
Determiner
muu
References
- P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 111
- P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “другой”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN
Kumeyaay
Pronunciation
Noun
muu
- ram, bighorn sheep.
Livvi
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *muu. Cognates include Finnish muu and Estonian muu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuː/
- Hyphenation: muu
- Rhymes: -uː
Pronoun
muu
Determiner
muu
Declension
| Declension of muu (Type 15/suu, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | muu | muut |
| genitive | muun | muuloin |
| partitive | muudu | muuloi |
| illative | muuh | muuloih |
| inessive | muus | muulois |
| elative | muuspäi | muuloispäi |
| allative | muule | muuloile |
| adessive | muul | muuloil |
| ablative | muulpäi | muuloilpäi |
| translative | muukse | muuloikse |
| essive | muunnu | muuloinnu |
| abessive | muuttah | muuloittah |
| comitative | muunke | muuloinke |
| instructive | muuloiči | |
| prolative | muuči | |
References
- Tatjana Boiko (2019) “muu”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN
Ludian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu.
Pronoun
muu
Navajo
Noun
muu
- (onomatopoeia) moo, the characteristic lowing sound made by cattle
Nootka
Numeral
muu
References
- John Stonham, Numerals and Incorporation in Nootka (1998)
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin mūlum. Doublet of mulo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuu/
- Rhymes: -uu
- Hyphenation: mu‧u
Noun
muu m (plural *muus, feminine mua, feminine plural muas)
- male mule
- Synonyms: mũacho, mulo
- (figurative, derogatory, sexuality) pathic; bottom (man who prefers the receptive role in anal sex)
Descendants
References
- Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “muu”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “muu”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “muu”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Interjection
muu
- alternative form of mu
Ulch
Noun
muu
References
- Sonya Oskolskaya, Natasha Stoynova, Some Changes in the Noun Paradigm of Ulcha Under the Language Shift, 2017.
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu.
Pronunciation
- (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
- Rhymes: -uː
- Hyphenation: muu
Determiner
muu
Pronoun
muu
Declension
| Declension of muu (type I/maa, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | muu | muud |
| genitive | muu | muijõ |
| partitive | muutõ | muitõ |
| illative | muhhu, muhusõ | muisõ |
| inessive | muuz | muiz |
| elative | muussõ | muissõ |
| allative | muulõ | muilõ |
| adessive | muullõ | muillõ |
| ablative | muultõ | muiltõ |
| translative | muussi | muissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “muu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn