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muu

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See also: múu, mưu, mṹṹ, and Mu’u

Translingual

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Symbol

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muu

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

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Aghem

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Noun

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mú'ú

  1. water
    mùu ǹ ...
    the water of the ...

Further reading

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Chuukese

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Noun

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muu

  1. kingdom

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic.

Muu !

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmuu/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uu
  • Syllabification: mu‧u

Interjection

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muu

  1. moo (the cry of a cow)
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Estonian

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Etymology

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

Pronoun

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muu (genitive muu, partitive muud)

  1. other

Declension

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Declension of muu (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative muu muud
accusative nom.
gen. muu
genitive muude
partitive muud muid
muusid
illative muusse muudesse
muisse
inessive muus muudes
muis
elative muust muudest
muist
allative muule muudele
muile
adessive muul muudel
muil
ablative muult muudelt
muilt
translative muuks muudeks
muiks
terminative muuni muudeni
essive muuna muudena
abessive muuta muudeta
comitative muuga muudega

Further reading

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  • muu”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • muu”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • muu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Finnish

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

    Pronoun

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    muu

    1. (indefinite) other, another
      Synonyms: eri, toinen
      Antonyms: sama, samainen
      joku muusomeone else
      jokin muusomething else
    2. (indefinite, in the plural) the others (of people)
    3. (indefinite) else
      Kaapissa ei ollut mitään muuta kuin tölkki papuja.
      There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.
      (literally, “There was nothing else in the cupboard than a tin of beans.”)

    Determiner

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    muu

    1. other, another
    Inflection
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    Derived terms
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    Further reading

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    Etymology 2

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      Onomatopoeic

      Interjection

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      muu

      1. (onomatopoeia) moo (a sound made by a cow)
      Synonyms
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      Ingrian

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      Etymology 1

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      From Proto-Finnic *muu. Cognates include Finnish muu and Estonian muu.

      Pronunciation

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      Pronoun

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      muu

      1. (in the singular) the other
      2. (in the plural) others

      Determiner

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      muu

      1. other, another
      Declension
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      Declension of muu (type 8/maa, no gradation)
      singular plural
      nominative muu muut
      genitive muun muijen
      partitive muuta muita
      illative muuhu muihe
      inessive muus muis
      elative muust muist
      allative muulle muille
      adessive muul muil
      ablative muult muilt
      translative muuks muiks
      essive muunna, muun muinna, muin
      exessive1) muunt muint
      1) obsolete
      *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
      **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
      Synonyms
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      Antonyms
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      • (antonym(s) of the other): yks
      • (antonym(s) of others): yks
      • (antonym(s) of other): sama, yks
      Derived terms
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      Etymology 2

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      Onomatopoeic. Akin to Finnish muu.

      Pronunciation

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      Interjection

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      muu

      1. moo

      References

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      • V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 101
      • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 322

      Karelian

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Finnic *muu. Cognates include Finnish muu and Estonian muu.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈmuː/
      • Hyphenation: muu

      Pronoun

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      muu

      1. the other, another

      Determiner

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      muu

      1. other, another

      References

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      • P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 111
      • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015), “другой”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

      Kumeyaay

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      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      muu

      1. ram, bighorn sheep.

      Livvi

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Finnic *muu. Cognates include Finnish muu and Estonian muu.

      Pronunciation

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      Pronoun

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      muu

      1. the other, another

      Determiner

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      muu

      1. other, another

      Declension

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      Declension of muu (Type 15/suu, no gradation)
      singular plural
      nominative muu muut
      genitive muun muuloin
      partitive muudu muuloi
      illative muuh muuloih
      inessive muus muulois
      elative muuspäi muuloispäi
      allative muule muuloile
      adessive muul muuloil
      ablative muulpäi muuloilpäi
      translative muukse muuloikse
      essive muunnu muuloinnu
      abessive muuttah muuloittah
      comitative muunke muuloinke
      instructive muuloiči
      prolative muuči

      References

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      • Tatjana Boiko (2019), “muu”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN

      Ludian

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      Etymology

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

      Pronoun

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      muu

      1. other
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      Noun

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      muu

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

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      Numeral

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      muu

      1. four

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      Old Galician-Portuguese

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      Etymology

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        Inherited from Latin mūlum. Doublet of mulo.

        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): /ˈmuu/
        • Rhymes: -uu
        • Hyphenation: mu‧u

        Noun

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        muu m (plural *muus, feminine mua, feminine plural muas)

        1. male mule
          Synonyms: mũacho, mulo
        2. (figurative, derogatory, sexuality) pathic; bottom (man who prefers the receptive role in anal sex)

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        • Fala:
        • Portuguese: mu

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        Portuguese

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        Interjection

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        muu

        1. alternative form of mu

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        Etymology

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

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        Determiner

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        muu

        1. other, another

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        muu

        1. the other, others

        Declension

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        Declension of muu (type I/maa, no gradation)
        singular plural
        nominative muu muud
        genitive muu muijõ
        partitive muutõ muitõ
        illative muhhu, muhusõ muisõ
        inessive muuz muiz
        elative muussõ muissõ
        allative muulõ muilõ
        adessive muullõ muillõ
        ablative muultõ muiltõ
        translative muussi muissi
        *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
        **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
        ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

        References

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