muaj

Albanian

Alternative forms

• Arbanasi: moj, muoj
• Gheg: muie
• Gheg/Arbëreshë:
  • singular: moi
  • plural: monje

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈmuaj]

Noun

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

1. month

Declension

Declension of muaj

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	muaj	muaji	muaj	muajt
accusative		muajin
dative	muaji	muajit	muajve	muajve
ablative			muajsh

Derived terms

• muaji i mjaltit

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *n-mɛj (“to have”), possibly related to Chinese 買／买 (mǎi, “to buy”) and 賣／卖 (mài, “to sell”) (and thus muas (“to buy”) and muag (“to sell”)), though the details are unclear. Cognate with Iu Mien maaih.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muə̯˥˧/

Verb

muaj

1. to have, to possess

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.