mouothi
Norman edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French morir, from Latin morīrī, variant of morī.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Verb edit
mouothi
- (Jersey) to die
- 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[1], page 517:
- Va où tu peux, meurs où tu deis.
- Go where you can, die where you must.
Synonyms edit
- trépâsser
- (idiomatic):
- câsser sa pipe (literally “to break one's pipe”)
- pâsser l'pas (literally “to pass the threshold”)
- patchi ses vailes (literally “to pack one's sails”)
Antonyms edit
- naître (“to be born”)