monge

Guaraní

Verb

monge

1. to go to sleep

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *monicus, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin monachus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”).

Noun

monge m (oblique plural monges, nominative singular monges, nominative plural monge)

1. monk

Descendants

• Occitan: monge
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: monge, monje
  • Galician: monxe
  • Portuguese: monge
• → Spanish: monje
  • → Cebuano: monghe
  • → Tagalog: monghe

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “monachus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume
  , page 64

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Portuguese

monge

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese monge, monje, borrowed from Old Occitan monge, from Vulgar Latin monicus, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin monachus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”). Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese mõogo. Compare Galician monxe and Spanish monje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.ʒɨ/
• Hyphenation: mon‧ge

Noun

monge m (plural monges, feminine monja, feminine plural monjas)

1. monk

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Uneapa

Etymology

Compare Proto-Central Pacific *moce "to sleep". This is somewhat problematic as it has the irregular correspondence of ŋ to *c.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moŋe/

Verb

monge

1. to sleep

Further reading

• Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 366