mou
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Aiwoo[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mou
- dark grue (dark green, dark blue)
References[edit]
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Asturian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
mou m (plural moos)
Derived terms[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
mou
- third-person singular present indicative form of moure
- second-person singular imperative form of moure
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French mol, inherited from Latin mollis, mollem, from earlier *molduis, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)moldus (“soft, weak”), from *mel- (“soft, weak, tender”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mou (masculine singular before vowel mol, feminine singular molle, masculine plural mous, feminine plural molles)
- soft, pliable
- (informal) pansy, spineless
- Quelle bande de couilles molles!
- What a bunch of pansy (ass) wimps!
- Quelle bande de couilles molles!
Noun[edit]
mou m (plural mous)
Further reading[edit]
- “mou” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Mandarin[edit]
Romanization[edit]
mou
- Nonstandard spelling of mōu.
- Nonstandard spelling of móu.
- Nonstandard spelling of mǒu.
- Nonstandard spelling of mòu.
Usage notes[edit]
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Old Occitan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
mou
Zhuang[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Tai *ʰmuːᴬ (“pig”). Cognate with Thai หมู (mǔu), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩪ, Lao ໝູ (mū), Lü ᦖᦴ (ṁuu), Tai Dam ꪢꪴ, Tai Nüa ᥛᥧᥴ (mu1), Shan မူ (mǔu), Ahom 𑜉𑜥 (muu), Bouyei mul, Saek หมู่.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /mou˨˦/
- Tone numbers: mou1
- Hyphenation: mou
Noun[edit]
mou (old orthography mou, classifier duz)
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