Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Albanian muoj, from Proto-Albanian *mōnja, from *māsnja, from pre-Albanian *māsnion, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (compare English moon, Latin mensis, Tocharian A mañ, Lithuanian mėnuo, Russian ме́сяц (mésjac)).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

muaj m (plural muaj, definite muaji, definite plural muajt)

  1. month

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

White Hmong edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *n-mɛj (to have), possibly related to Chinese (mǎi, to buy) and (mài, to sell) (and thus muas (to buy) and muag (to sell)), though the details are unclear. Cognate with Iu Mien maaih.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

muaj

  1. to have, to possess

References edit

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, pages 209-10; 276.