mungo

See also: Mungo

English

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Noun

mungo (countable and uncountable, plural mungos or mungoes)

1. A material of short fiber and inferior quality obtained by deviling woollen rags or the remnants of woollen goods, specifically those of felted, milled, or hard-spun woollen cloth, as distinguished from shoddy, or the deviled product of loose-textured woollen goods or worsted.
   • 1918, Henry J. Spooner, Wealth from Waste: Elimination of Waste A World Problem, George Routledge & Sons, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 200:

     Tailors' clippings and remnants of fine woollen goods, such as broadcloth, etc., are devilled and spun into yarn for making cloth of nicer quality, called mungo.

See also

• mungo bean
• shoddy
• noil

Anagrams

• Muong

Finnish

Etymology

From German Mungo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuŋːo/, [ˈmuŋːo̞]
• Rhymes: -uŋːo
• Syllabification^(key): mun‧go

Noun

mungo

1. mongoose of the genus Herpestes
2. Indian grey mongoose, Urva edwardsii formerly Herpestes edwardsii

Declension

Inflection of mungo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		mungo	mungot
genitive		mungon	mungojen
partitive		mungoa	mungoja
illative		mungoon	mungoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		mungo	mungot
accusative	nom.	mungo	mungot
	gen.	mungon
genitive		mungon	mungojen
partitive		mungoa	mungoja
inessive		mungossa	mungoissa
elative		mungosta	mungoista
illative		mungoon	mungoihin
adessive		mungolla	mungoilla
ablative		mungolta	mungoilta
allative		mungolle	mungoille
essive		mungona	mungoina
translative		mungoksi	mungoiksi
abessive		mungotta	mungoitta
instructive		—	mungoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of mungo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mungoni mungoni accusative nom. mungoni mungoni gen. mungoni genitive mungoni mungojeni partitive mungoani mungojani inessive mungossani mungoissani elative mungostani mungoistani illative mungooni mungoihini adessive mungollani mungoillani ablative mungoltani mungoiltani allative mungolleni mungoilleni essive mungonani mungoinani translative mungokseni mungoikseni abessive mungottani mungoittani instructive — — comitative — mungoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mungosi mungosi accusative nom. mungosi mungosi gen. mungosi genitive mungosi mungojesi partitive mungoasi mungojasi inessive mungossasi mungoissasi elative mungostasi mungoistasi illative mungoosi mungoihisi adessive mungollasi mungoillasi ablative mungoltasi mungoiltasi allative mungollesi mungoillesi essive mungonasi mungoinasi translative mungoksesi mungoiksesi abessive mungottasi mungoittasi instructive — — comitative — mungoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mungomme mungomme accusative nom. mungomme mungomme gen. mungomme genitive mungomme mungojemme partitive mungoamme mungojamme inessive mungossamme mungoissamme elative mungostamme mungoistamme illative mungoomme mungoihimme adessive mungollamme mungoillamme ablative mungoltamme mungoiltamme allative mungollemme mungoillemme essive mungonamme mungoinamme translative mungoksemme mungoiksemme abessive mungottamme mungoittamme instructive — — comitative — mungoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mungonne mungonne accusative nom. mungonne mungonne gen. mungonne genitive mungonne mungojenne partitive mungoanne mungojanne inessive mungossanne mungoissanne elative mungostanne mungoistanne illative mungoonne mungoihinne adessive mungollanne mungoillanne ablative mungoltanne mungoiltanne allative mungollenne mungoillenne essive mungonanne mungoinanne translative mungoksenne mungoiksenne abessive mungottanne mungoittanne instructive — — comitative — mungoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative mungonsa mungonsa accusative nom. mungonsa mungonsa gen. mungonsa genitive mungonsa mungojensa partitive mungoaan mungoansa mungojaan mungojansa inessive mungossaan mungossansa mungoissaan mungoissansa elative mungostaan mungostansa mungoistaan mungoistansa illative mungoonsa mungoihinsa adessive mungollaan mungollansa mungoillaan mungoillansa ablative mungoltaan mungoltansa mungoiltaan mungoiltansa allative mungolleen mungollensa mungoilleen mungoillensa essive mungonaan mungonansa mungoinaan mungoinansa translative mungokseen mungoksensa mungoikseen mungoiksensa abessive mungottaan mungottansa mungoittaan mungoittansa instructive — — comitative — mungoineen mungoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• egyptinmungo
• isomungo
• juovamungo
• juovaniskamungo
• lyhythäntämungo
• pikkumungo
• ravustajamungo
• ruostemungo
• suomungo

 

Further reading

• “mungo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Italian

Verb

mungo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mungere

Macanese

Etymology

From Hindi मूँग (mūṅg) (possibly via Indo-Portuguese), from Sanskrit मुद्ग (mudga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuŋ.ɡu/

Noun

mungo

1. mung bean

References

• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “mungo”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 490
• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#m

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /múːnɡɔ/

Noun

mȗngo m anim

1. mongoose (a small carnivore of the family Herpesidae)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	múngo
gen. sing.	múnga
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	múngo	múnga	múngi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	múnga	múngov	múngov
dative (dajȃlnik)	múngu	múngoma	múngom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	múngo	múnga	múnge
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	múngu	múngih	múngih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	múngom	múngoma	múngi

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmunɡo/ [ˈmũŋ.ɡo]
• Rhymes: -unɡo
• Syllabification: mun‧go

Noun

mungo m (plural mungos)

1. mung bean

   Synonyms: judía mungo, poroto mungo