muu

See also: múu, mưu, mu'u, 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 and Hungarian más

Pronoun

muu

1. other

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Finnish

(index mu)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuː/
• Hyphenation: muu
• Rhymes: -uː

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *muu, From Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu. Cognate with Estonian muu, North Sámi nubbi and Hungarian más.

Pronoun

muu

1. (indefinite) other, another.
2. (indefinite) (in plural muut) the others (referring to people).
3. (indefinite) else.
4. With 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 (not the one previously referred to).

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
• muuttaa

Etymology 2

Onomatopoietic.

Interjection

muu

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

Synonyms

• ammuu, möö

Related terms

• ammua

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Inari Sami

Pronoun

muu

1. my

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Portuguese

Interjection

muu

1. Alternative form of mu