muna

See also: muña, mũna, and mʉna

Elfdalian

Noun

muna f

1. mother, mama

Declension

Declension of muna

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	muna	muną	muner	munur
accusative	munu	munų	muner	munur
dative	munu	munun(e)	munum	munum(e)
genitive	munes *	mununes	—	munumes

* Takes the ending -er after the preposition "et".

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Ese

Noun

muna

1. stone

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Estonian

Etymology

From , from Proto-Uralic *muna.

Noun

muna (genitive muna, partitive muna)

1. egg
2. (vulgar, in the plural) balls, testicles

Declension

Declension of muna (ÕS type 17e/kivi, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		muna	munad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	muna
genitive			munade
partitive		muna	mune munasid
illative		munna munasse	munadesse munesse
inessive		munas	munades munes
elative		munast	munadest munest
allative		munale	munadele munele
adessive		munal	munadel munel
ablative		munalt	munadelt munelt
translative		munaks	munadeks muneks
terminative		munani	munadeni
essive		munana	munadena
abessive		munata	munadeta
comitative		munaga	munadega

Derived terms

• kanamuna

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmunɑ/, [ˈmunɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -unɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mu‧na

Etymology 1

From , from Proto-Uralic *muna.

Noun

muna

1. egg
2. ovum
3. (vulgar, in the singular) dick (penis)
4. (vulgar, in the plural) balls (testicles)
5. (slang) guts, balls (courage)

   Onko sulla munaa tehdä se?

   Do you have the balls to do it?

6. ovoid (something egg-shaped, used especially in compound terms with a modifier that specifies the material)

   Synonym: ovoidi

Declension

Inflection of muna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		muna	munat
genitive		munan	munien
partitive		munaa	munia
illative		munaan	muniin
		singular	plural
nominative		muna	munat
accusative	nom.	muna	munat
	gen.	munan
genitive		munan	munien munain rare
partitive		munaa	munia
inessive		munassa	munissa
elative		munasta	munista
illative		munaan	muniin
adessive		munalla	munilla
ablative		munalta	munilta
allative		munalle	munille
essive		munana	munina
translative		munaksi	muniksi
abessive		munatta	munitta
instructive		—	munin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of muna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative munani munani accusative nom. munani munani gen. munani genitive munani munieni munaini rare partitive munaani muniani inessive munassani munissani elative munastani munistani illative munaani muniini adessive munallani munillani ablative munaltani muniltani allative munalleni munilleni essive munanani muninani translative munakseni munikseni abessive munattani munittani instructive — — comitative — munineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative munasi munasi accusative nom. munasi munasi gen. munasi genitive munasi muniesi munaisi rare partitive munaasi muniasi inessive munassasi munissasi elative munastasi munistasi illative munaasi muniisi adessive munallasi munillasi ablative munaltasi muniltasi allative munallesi munillesi essive munanasi muninasi translative munaksesi muniksesi abessive munattasi munittasi instructive — — comitative — muninesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative munamme munamme accusative nom. munamme munamme gen. munamme genitive munamme muniemme munaimme rare partitive munaamme muniamme inessive munassamme munissamme elative munastamme munistamme illative munaamme muniimme adessive munallamme munillamme ablative munaltamme muniltamme allative munallemme munillemme essive munanamme muninamme translative munaksemme muniksemme abessive munattamme munittamme instructive — — comitative — muninemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative munanne munanne accusative nom. munanne munanne gen. munanne genitive munanne munienne munainne rare partitive munaanne munianne inessive munassanne munissanne elative munastanne munistanne illative munaanne muniinne adessive munallanne munillanne ablative munaltanne muniltanne allative munallenne munillenne essive munananne muninanne translative munaksenne muniksenne abessive munattanne munittanne instructive — — comitative — muninenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative munansa munansa accusative nom. munansa munansa gen. munansa genitive munansa muniensa munainsa rare partitive munaansa muniaan muniansa inessive munassaan munassansa munissaan munissansa elative munastaan munastansa munistaan munistansa illative munaansa muniinsa adessive munallaan munallansa munillaan munillansa ablative munaltaan munaltansa muniltaan muniltansa allative munalleen munallensa munilleen munillensa essive munanaan munanansa muninaan muninansa translative munakseen munaksensa munikseen muniksensa abessive munattaan munattansa munittaan munittansa instructive — — comitative — munineen muninensa

Synonyms

• (balls): pallit
• (hen's egg): kananmuna

Derived terms

• munakas
• munata
• munia

Compounds

compounds

• ankanmuna
• hanhenmuna
• kananmuna
• kultamuna
• kuukunanmuna
• käenmuna
• käärmeenmuna
• linnunmuna
• maamuna
• munahammas
• munahedelmä
• munaitiö
• munajauhe
• munajuusto
• munakalvo
• munakana
• munakastike

• munakello
• munakenno
• munakoiso
• munakokkeli
• munakokoelma
• munakotelo
• munakuppi
• munakäsikranaatti
• munaleikkuri
• munalikööri
• munalukko
• munalusikka
• munamaito
• munamakaroni
• munanasetin
• munanjohdin
• munankeitin

• munankeltuainen
• munankuori
• munanlasku
• munanmuotoinen
• munanruskuainen
• munapesäke
• munapistin
• munapää
• munarakkula
• munasampoo
• munasarja
• munasiitos
• munasolu
• munatiehyt
• munatorvi
• munatoti
• munavaahto

• munavelli
• munavoi
• munitusmuna
• muurahaisenmuna
• mätimuna
• mätämuna
• nahkamuna
• pesämuna
• pääsiäismuna
• sammakonmuna
• silmämuna
• suklaamuna
• tuulimuna
• täinmuna
• uppomuna
• viiriäisenmuna

Etymology 2

Pronoun

muna

1. (colloquial) (deprecated template usage) essive of mä

   Synonym: minuna (standard language)

Anagrams

• Manu, manu, maun, namu

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Gothic

Romanization

muna

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʏːna/
• Rhymes: -ʏːna

Etymology 1

From Old Norse muna, from Proto-Germanic *munaną. Cognate with Faroese muna.

Verb

muna (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative man, third-person singular past indicative mundi, supine munað)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to remember

   Ég man ekki hvað hann heitir.

   I can’t remember what his name is.

   Ég man ekki.

   I can’t remember.

Etymology 2

Related to munur (“difference”).

Verb

muna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative munaði, supine munað)

1. (impersonal, with dative) to differ (by a certain margin)
2. (impersonal) to make a difference (used with the preposition um + the thing that makes a difference)

Conjugation

muna — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að muna
supine (sagnbót)		munað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		munandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég muna	við munum	present (nútíð)	ég muni	við munum
	þú munar	þið munið		þú munir	þið munið
	hann, hún, það munar	þeir, þær, þau muna		hann, hún, það muni	þeir, þær, þau muni
past (þátíð)	ég munaði	við munuðum	past (þátíð)	ég munaði	við munuðum
	þú munaðir	þið munuðuð		þú munaðir	þið munuðuð
	hann, hún, það munaði	þeir, þær, þau munuðu		hann, hún, það munaði	þeir, þær, þau munuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	muna (þú)	munið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	munaðu	muniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

munast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að munast
supine (sagnbót)		munast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		munandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég munast	við munumst	present (nútíð)	ég munist	við munumst
	þú munast	þið munist		þú munist	þið munist
	hann, hún, það munast	þeir, þær, þau munast		hann, hún, það munist	þeir, þær, þau munist
past (þátíð)	ég munaðist	við munuðumst	past (þátíð)	ég munaðist	við munuðumst
	þú munaðist	þið munuðust		þú munaðist	þið munuðust
	hann, hún, það munaðist	þeir, þær, þau munuðust		hann, hún, það munaðist	þeir, þær, þau munuðust
imperative (boðháttur)	munast (þú)	munist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	munastu	munisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

munaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	munaður	munuð	munað		munaðir	munaðar	munuð
accusative (þolfall)	munaðan	munaða	munað		munaða	munaðar	munuð
dative (þágufall)	munuðum	munaðri	munuðu		munuðum	munuðum	munuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	munaðs	munaðrar	munaðs		munaðra	munaðra	munaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	munaði	munaða	munaða		munuðu	munuðu	munuðu
accusative (þolfall)	munaða	munuðu	munaða		munuðu	munuðu	munuðu
dative (þágufall)	munaða	munuðu	munaða		munuðu	munuðu	munuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	munaða	munuðu	munaða		munuðu	munuðu	munuðu

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Ingrian

Etymology

From , from Proto-Uralic *muna.

Noun

muna

1. egg

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmˠʊnˠə/

Conjunction

muna

1. Alternative form of mura

Particle

muna (copular form used before consonants, form used before vowels munab)

1. Alternative form of mura

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “muna”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Livonian

Alternative forms

• munā (Courland)

Etymology

From , from Proto-Uralic *muna.

Noun

muna

1. egg

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Ludian

Etymology

From , from Proto-Uralic *muna.

Noun

muna

1. egg

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *munaną (“to think, consider, remember”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Old English ġemunan, Old Saxon munan, Old High German munan, Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌽 (munan).

Verb

muna (singular past indicative mundi, plural past indicative mundu, past participle munaðr)

1. to remember

Conjugation

Conjugation of muna (preterite-present)

infinitive	muna
present participle	munandi
past participle	munað
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	man	munda
2nd-person singular	mant	mundir
3rd-person singular	man	mundi
1st-person plural	munum	mundum
2nd-person plural	munuð	munduð
3rd-person plural	munu	mundu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	muna	mynda
2nd-person singular	munir	myndir
3rd-person singular	muni	myndi
1st-person plural	munim	myndim
2nd-person plural	munið	myndið
3rd-person plural	muni	myndi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	mun
1st-person plural	munum
2nd-person plural	munuð

See also

• munu

Descendants

• Faroese: muna
• Icelandic: muna

References

• “muna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Portuguese

Verb

muna

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of munir
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of munir
3. third-person singular negative imperative of munir
4. third-person singular imperative of munir

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Tagalog

Particle

munâ

1. Used to indicate something to be done for a moment

   Puwede bang tumayo ka muna?

   Can you stand up for a while?

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Veps

Etymology

From , from Proto-Uralic *muna.

Noun

muna

1. egg

Derived terms

• dubmuna
• häčämuna
• munarič
• südäimuna

 

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “яйцо”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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Votic

Etymology

From , from Proto-Uralic *muna.

Noun

muna

1. egg

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• maamuna

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

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Võro

Etymology

From , from Proto-Uralic *muna.

Noun

muna (genitive muna, partitive munna)

1. egg

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.