mudu

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See also: mùdǔ

Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin mūtus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmudu/, [ˈmu.ð̞u]

Adjective

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mudu m sg (feminine singular muda, neuter singular mudo, masculine plural mudos, feminine plural mudes)

  1. mute

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Fijian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Central-Pacific *mutu, from Proto-Oceanic *mutu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mutu.

Adjective

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mudu

  1. cut off
  2. shortened

Lithuanian

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Pronoun

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mudu m

  1. (first-person dual) we, the two of us

Declension

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdu); see there for more.

Adjective

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mudu

  1. supple

Sicilian

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Adjective

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mudu (feminine singular muda, masculine and feminine plural mudi)

  1. Alternative form of mutu (sonorized, dialectal)

Inflection

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Masculine Feminine
Singular mudu muda
Plural mudi mudi

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-mudu (infinitive kumudu)

  1. to be able to do something; to manage or handle something

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -mudu
Positive present -namudu
Subjunctive -mudu
Negative -mudu
Imperative singular mudu
Infinitives
Positive kumudu
Negative kutomudu
Imperatives
Singular mudu
Plural muduni
Tensed forms
Habitual humudu
Positive past positive subject concord + -limudu
Negative past negative subject concord + -kumudu
Positive present (positive subject concord + -namudu)
Singular Plural
1st person ninamudu/namudu tunamudu
2nd person unamudu mnamudu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anamudu wanamudu
other classes positive subject concord + -namudu
Negative present (negative subject concord + -mudu)
Singular Plural
1st person simudu hatumudu
2nd person humudu hammudu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hamudu hawamudu
other classes negative subject concord + -mudu
Positive future positive subject concord + -tamudu
Negative future negative subject concord + -tamudu
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -mudu)
Singular Plural
1st person nimudu tumudu
2nd person umudu mmudu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) amudu wamudu
other classes positive subject concord + -mudu
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -simudu
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngemudu
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singemudu
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalimudu
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalimudu
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -amudu)
Singular Plural
1st person namudu twamudu
2nd person wamudu mwamudu
3rd person m-wa(I/II) amudu wamudu
m-mi(III/IV) wamudu yamudu
ji-ma(V/VI) lamudu yamudu
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chamudu vyamudu
n(IX/X) yamudu zamudu
u(XI) wamudu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwamudu
pa(XVI) pamudu
mu(XVIII) mwamudu
Perfect positive subject concord + -memudu
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshamudu
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jamudu
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kimudu
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipomudu
Consecutive kamudu / positive subject concord + -kamudu
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kamudu
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nimudu -tumudu
2nd person -kumudu -wamudu/-kumuduni/-wamuduni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mmudu -wamudu
m-mi(III/IV) -umudu -imudu
ji-ma(V/VI) -limudu -yamudu
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kimudu -vimudu
n(IX/X) -imudu -zimudu
u(XI) -umudu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kumudu
pa(XVI) -pamudu
mu(XVIII) -mumudu
Reflexive -jimudu
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -mudu- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -muduye -muduo
m-mi(III/IV) -muduo -muduyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -mudulo -muduyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -muducho -muduvyo
n(IX/X) -muduyo -muduzo
u(XI) -muduo see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -muduko
pa(XVI) -mudupo
mu(XVIII) -mudumo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -mudu)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yemudu -omudu
m-mi(III/IV) -omudu -yomudu
ji-ma(V/VI) -lomudu -yomudu
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chomudu -vyomudu
n(IX/X) -yomudu -zomudu
u(XI) -omudu see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -komudu
pa(XVI) -pomudu
mu(XVIII) -momudu
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Ye'kwana

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Etymology

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From Proto-Cariban *nuru (tongue).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mudu

  1. tongue

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “mudu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “ñu:du”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “ɲūdu”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021