moo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "moo"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Monom.

Symbol

moo

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Monom.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Monom terms

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

the sound of a cow's moo

• IPA^(key): /muː/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophone: moue

Noun

moo (plural moos)

1. (onomatopoeia) The characteristic lowing sound made by cattle.
2. (UK, slang, mildly derogatory) A foolish woman.

   You silly moo! What did you do that for?

   • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:

     'Aurora House does not expel,' said the sanctimonious moo, 'but you will be medicated, if your behaviour warrants it, for your own protection.'

Derived terms

• moo-cow
• moof
• moo juice
• moolike
• moo-moo

Translations

characteristic sound made by a cow or bull

• Arabic: خُوَار m (ḵuwār)
• Aromanian: mudzit n
• Bulgarian: мучене (bg) n (mučene)
• Catalan: mugit (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哞 (zh) (mōu)

• Czech: bučení (cs) n
• Danish: muh (da)
• Dutch: boe (nl)
• Finnish: ammunta (fi)
• French: meuglement (fr) m, beuglement (fr) m
• Galician: bruio m, brúo m
• German: Muhen (de) n
• Greek: μου (el) n (mou), μουκανητό n (moukanitó)
• Hawaiian: umō
• Icelandic: baul n
• Ido: bramo (io)
• Irish: géim f
• Italian: muggito (it) m
• Latin: mugitus
• Lithuanian: mūkimas m
• Malay: tenguh
• Māori: please add this translation if you can
• Marquesan:

  North Marquesan: ue

• Navajo: muu
• Norwegian: raut n, mø (no)
• Old English: ġehlōw n
• Polish: muczenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: mugido (pt)
• Romanian: muget (ro) n
• Russian: мыча́ние (ru) n (myčánije)
• Scottish Gaelic: mò
• Serbo-Croatian: мукање n, mukanje n
• Spanish: mugido (es), mu (es) m
• Swedish: mu (sv) n
• Tagalog: unga
• Tahitian: ʻūmō
• Tuamotuan: mū, tangi
• Turkish: möö

foolish woman

• Finnish: lehmä (fi)
• Polish: krowa (pl) f

Verb

moo (third-person singular simple present moos, present participle mooing, simple past and past participle mooed)

1. (intransitive) Of a cow or bull, to make its characteristic lowing sound.

Synonyms

• low, boo (rare)

Translations

to make a lowing sound

• Arabic: خَارَ m (ḵāra)
• Aromanian: mudzescu
• Azerbaijani: movuldamaq, böyürmək
• Belarusian: му́каць impf (múkacʹ)
• Bulgarian: муча (muča)
• Catalan: mugir (ca)
• Czech: bučet (cs)
• Danish: brøle
• Dutch: loeien (nl)
• Esperanto: muĝi (eo)
• Faroese: belja
• Finnish: ammua (fi)
• French: meugler (fr), beugler (fr), mugir (fr)
• Galician: bruar (gl), muar (gl)
• German: muhen (de)
• Greek: μουγκανίζω (el) (mougkanízo)

  Ancient Greek: μυκάομαι (mukáomai), μέμυκα (mémuka)

• Hungarian: múzik
• Icelandic: baula
• Ido: bramar (io)
• Ingrian: myykkiä, ammua
• Irish: géim
• Italian: muggire (it)
• Kyrgyz: мөөрөө (mööröö)
• Latin: mūgiō
• Latvian: maut
• Lithuanian: mūkti f, mykti
• Māori: mū
• Marathi: हंबरण (hambraṇ)
• Norwegian: raute (no)
• Old English: hlōwan
• Polish: muczeć (pl) impf, zamuczeć pf
• Portuguese: mugir (pt)
• Romanian: mugi (ro)
• Russian: мыча́ть (ru) (myčátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: мукати, mukati (sh)
• Slovak: mučať, bučeť
• Spanish: mugir (es)
• Swedish: råma (sv)
• Tagalog: umunga
• Turkish: möölemek
• Ukrainian: му́кати impf (múkaty)
• Yiddish: מוקען (muken)

Interjection

moo

1. The characteristic sound made by a cow or bull.

   The cow says moo.

Derived terms

• mooer
• mooey
• mooingly

Translations

sound made by a cow or bull

• Arabic: مُو (mū)
• Asturian: mu (ast)
• Catalan: mmm (ca), mu (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哞 (zh) (mōu), 哞哞叫 (mōumōu jiào)

• Czech: bú (cs)
• Danish: muh (da)
• Dutch: boe (nl), moe (nl)
• Esperanto: mu (eo)
• Faroese: mø
• Finnish: muu (fi), ammuu (fi)
• French: meuh (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: muh (de)
• Greek: μου (el) (mou) (usually with a prolonged ου), μουγκανίζω (el) (mougkanízo), μουγκρίζω (el) (mougkrízo)
• Hebrew: מו (he) m
• Hungarian: mú (hu)
• Icelandic: mu, mö (is)
• Ingrian: muu
• Italian: mu
• Japanese: モー (mō)
• Khmer: ម៉ (km) (mɑɑ)
• Korean: 음매 (ko) (eummae)
• Lithuanian: mū
• Marathi: हम्मा (hammā)
• Mongolian: хоо (mn) (xoo)
• Norwegian: mø (no)
• Persian: ما (fa) (mâ)
• Polish: mu (pl)
• Portuguese: mu (pt)
• Romanian: mu (ro)
• Russian: му (ru) (mu), му-у-у (mu-u-u)
• Serbo-Croatian: му, mu (sh)
• Spanish: mu (es)
• Swedish: mu (sv)
• Thai: มอ (th) (mɔɔ)
• Turkish: mö

See also

• moo goo gai pan
• moo shu

Anagrams

• OOM, omo-, oom

Arabela

Noun

moo

1. river

Galician

Verb

moo

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of moer

Japanese

Romanization

moo

1. Rōmaji transcription of もお

Lashi

Pronunciation

• (Waingmaw) IPA^(key): [mo˧˧]
• (Chipwe) IPA^(key): [mo˨˨]
• (Mongko) IPA^(key): [mo˧˧]
• Hyphenation: moo

Postposition

moo

1. in, on, at
   • 2005, “Apoem ayang꞉ 1:1 [Genesis 1:1]”, in Jhoem꞉ mougsougˮ [The Book of the Bible]‎^[1], page 2:

     Xang꞉ shiˮ moo Mangsoo gi mougkhung꞉ yoʼ myidjang ri phainˮ so꞉ toˮ.

     First, God created heaven and earth.

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017), A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 23
• Hideo Sawada (2024), “Differences between ‘Lacid’ and ‘Leqi’”, in Grammatical Phenomena of Sino-Tibetan Languages, volume 6, pages 33-54

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish móu, móo, from Proto-Celtic *māyos, comparative form of *māros, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic mò, Irish mó and Welsh mwy.

Adjective

moo

1. comparative degree of mooar (“big, great, large”)

See also

• smoo

Murui Huitoto

moo
Root	Classifier
moo-	—

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto moo and Nüpode Huitoto moo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔː]
• Hyphenation: moo

Noun

moo

1. synonym of mooma
   • 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:2, page 5:

     Judá mɨcorɨ amatɨaɨ mɨcorɨaɨ moo jɨaɨ Jacob mɨcorɨ.

     The late Juda's late brothers' father was also the late Jacob.

2. vocative of mooma

Declension

Declension of moo

	singular	plural	kinship plural
absolutive	moo	—	mootɨaɨ
nominative	moodɨ	—	mootɨaɨdɨ
accusative	moona	—	mootɨaɨna
dative/locative	moomo	—	mootɨaɨmo
ablative	moomona	—	mootɨaɨmona
instrumental	moodo	—	mootɨaɨdo
causal	moori	—	mootɨaɨri
privative	moonino	—	mootɨaɨnino
sequential	moonona	—	mootɨaɨnona

Root

moo

1. father

Derived terms

• mooma

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983), Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[3] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 180
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017), A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[4], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 125

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.u/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.u/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.o/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.u/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.u/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmo(w).u/

• Hyphenation: mo‧o

Verb

moo

1. first-person singular present indicative of moer

Sotho

Adverb

moo

1. there; distal demonstrative adverb.

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

moo class ? (plural [please provide])

1. leg; foot

   Synonym: mguu