muu

See also: múu, mưu, and mṹṹ

Aghem

Noun

mú'ú

1. water

   mùu ǹ ...

   the water of the ...

Further reading

• Aghem Grammatical Structure: With Special Reference to Noun Classes (1979), pages 13, 18, 38
• Current approaches to African linguistics, volume 4 (Foris Publications, 1987), page 209

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Chuukese

Noun

muu

1. kingdom

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Esperanto

Interjection

muu

1. moo (the cry of a cow)

Related terms

• muĝi (“to moo”)
• muĝo (“a moo”)

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu. Cognate with Finnish muu, Mansi мо̄т (mōt), Hungarian más.

Pronoun

muu

1. other

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Finnish

(index mu)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
• Rhymes: -uː
• Syllabification: muu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu. Cognate with Estonian muu, Northern Sami nubbi, Mansi мо̄т (mōt), Hungarian más.

Pronoun

muu

1. (indefinite) other, another
2. (indefinite, in the plural) the others (of people)
3. (indefinite) else
4. (~ kuin) but, except

   Kaapissa ei ollut mitään muuta kuin tölkki papuja.

   There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.

5. (joku ~) other, else (not the one previously referred to)

Determiner

muu

1. other, another

Inflection

Declension of muu (type maa) noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative muu muut superessive muualla – genitive muun muiden muitten delative muualta – partitive muuta muita sublative muualle – accusative muu muun muut lative – – inessive muussa muissa temporal muulloin – elative muusta muista causative muuten – illative muuhun muihin multiplicative – – adessive muulla muilla distributive – – ablative muulta muilta temp. dist. – – allative muulle muille prolative – – essive muuna muina situative – – translative muuksi muiksi oppositive – – instructive – muin abessive muutta muitta comitative – muine

Derived terms

Derived terms

• muistaa
• mutta
• muuan
• muun muassa
• muuntaa

• muuntua
• muutama
• muuten
• muuttaa

Etymology 2

Onomatopoietic.

Interjection

muu

1. (onomatopoeia) Moo, sound made by a cow.

Synonyms

• ammuu, möö

Related terms

• ammua

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu.

Pronoun

muu

1. other

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Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu.

Pronoun

muu

1. other

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Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu.

Pronoun

muu

1. other

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Navajo

Noun

muu

1. (onomatopoeia) moo, the characteristic lowing sound made by cattle

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Nootka

Numeral

muu

1. four

References

• John Stonham, Numerals and Incorporation in Nootka (1998)

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Portuguese

Interjection

muu

1. Alternative form of mu

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Ulch

Noun

muu

1. water

References

• Sonya Oskolskaya, Natasha Stoynova, Some Changes in the Noun Paradigm of Ulcha Under the Language Shift, 2017.