muus

See also: Muus, Müüs, and Múus

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs.

Noun

muus f or m

1. mouse

Inflection

Strong feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	muus	muse
accusative	muus	muse
genitive	muus, muse	muse
dative	muus, muse	musen

Strong masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	muus	muse
accusative	muus	muse
genitive	muus	muse
dative	muse	musen

Derived terms

• vlēdermuus

Descendants

• Dutch: muis
  • Afrikaans: muis
  • Jersey Dutch: mäus
  • Negerhollands: mischi, miśi, muśi
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: mus
  • → Sranan Tongo: moismoisi
• Limburgish: moes

Further reading

• “muus”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “muus”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Somali

Noun

muus ?

1. banana

Tsimshian

Etymology

From English moose.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [muːs]

Noun

muus

1. moose

References

• John Asher Dunn, Sm'algyax: A Reference Dictionary and Grammar (1995, →ISBN

Wolof

Noun

muus (definite form muus mi)

1. cat