muas
See also: M-uas
Dalmatian edit
Etymology edit
From a derivative of Latin marceō (“wither”).
Adjective edit
muas
French edit
Verb edit
muas
- second-person singular past historic of muer
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Verb edit
muas
- (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular present indicative of muar
Karo Batak edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Toba Batak mauas.
Adjective edit
muas
References edit
- Ahmad Samin Siregar et al. (2001). Kamus Bahasa Karo–Indonesia. Medan: Balai Pustaka, p. 145.
White Hmong edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *mɛjX (“to buy”), probably borrowed from Middle Chinese 買／买 (mǎi, “to buy”). See also muaj (“to have”).[1]
Verb edit
muas
- to buy
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Chinese 馬／马 (mǎ, “horse”).[2]
Noun edit
muas
- only used in muas lwj (“Sambar deer”)
References edit
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 134.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 139; 277.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25