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muas

See also: M-uas

Dalmatian

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Etymology

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From a derivative of Latin marceō (“wither”).

Adjective

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muas

  1. rotten

French

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Verb

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muas

  1. second-person singular past historic of muer

Anagrams

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Galician

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Verb

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muas

  1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular present indicative of muar

Karo Batak

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Etymology

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Cognate with Toba Batak mauas.

Adjective

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muas

  1. thirsty

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White Hmong

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Hmong-Mien *mɛjX (“to buy”), probably borrowed from Middle Chinese 買／买 (mǎi, “to buy”). See also muaj (“to have”).[1]

Verb

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muas

  1. to buy

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Chinese 馬／马 (mǎ, “horse”).[2]

Noun

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muas

  1. only used in muas lwj (“Sambar deer”)

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 134.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 139; 277.
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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