mui

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mui"

Translingual

Etymology

Likely an abbreviation of English Musi.

Symbol

mui

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Musi terms

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 梅 (mui4).

Noun

mui (plural muis)

1. (Hawaii) Chinese plum

See also

• li hing mui
• see mui

Asturian

Alternative forms

• mu (Central, dialectal, colloquial, used before consonants)

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin multus.

Adverb

mui

1. very

Synonyms

• muncho, per-

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin magis.

Adverb

mui

1. more

Conjunction

mui

1. but

Dutch

Etymology

Contraction of muide. Doublet of mond.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mœy̯/

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• Hyphenation: mui
• Rhymes: -œy̯

Noun

mui f (plural muien, diminutive muitje n)

1. break or neck in a sandbar

   Synonym: suatiegeul

2. (by extension) riptide (a strong flow of water)

   Synonym: muistroom

Derived terms

• muistroom

Farefare

Etymology

Compare Moore mui

Pronunciation

• [mùì]

Noun

mui

1. rice

Derived terms

• mu-biire (“rice grain”)
• mu-woko (“long grained rice”)

Japanese

Romanization

mui

1. Rōmaji transcription of むい

Moore

Etymology

Compare Farefare mui

Pronunciation

• [mùí]

Noun

mui

1. rice

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Apocope of muito, from Latin multus (“very”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmũj̃/, /ˈmuj/

Adverb

mui

1. very
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 26 (facsimile):

     e logo chegar..a alma tomar demões q̇ a leuarõ. mui toſte ſẽ tardar

     and soon devils arrived, seizing the soul, and took it very quickly without delay

Descendants

• Fala: mui
• Galician: moi, mui
• Portuguese: mui

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• muy (obsolete)
• mum, mim (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mui, clipping of muito.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmũj̃/ [ˈmũɪ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmũj̃/

• Rhymes: -ũj̃
• Hyphenation: mui

Adverb

mui

1. (archaic or dialectal) very

   Synonyms: muito, (informal) bem

Further reading

• “mui”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mui”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmwi/ [ˈmwi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: mui

Adverb

mui

1. obsolete spelling of muy

Further reading

• “mui”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch moei.

Noun

mui

1. (dated) older woman, elderly woman

Vietnamese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [muj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [muj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [muj˧˧]

Noun

mui • (𥯍, 𥴘, 枚, 梅)

1. covering roof (for car, boat, etc.); hood

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰmwɯjᴬ (“bear”). Cognate with Thai หมี (mǐi), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩦ, Lao ໝີ (mī), Lü ᦖᦲ (ṁii), Tai Dam ꪢꪲ, Shan မီ (mǐi), Ahom 𑜉𑜣 (mī), Nong Zhuang mue, Bouyei moil. Compare Old Chinese 羋 (OC *meʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /muːi˨˦/
• Tone numbers: mui¹
• Hyphenation: mui

Noun

mui (Sawndip forms 𤞦 or 𪻄, 1957–1982 spelling mui)

1. bear (animal)

Derived terms

• muima