mui
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mui
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mui
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mui
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mui
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Etymology edit
Contraction of muide. Doublet of mond.
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mui f (plural muien, diminutive muitje n)
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- (break in a sandbar): suatiegeul
- (rip current): muistroom
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- [mùì]
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mui
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- [mùí]
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mui
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
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Apocope of muito, from Latin multus (“very”).
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mui
- very
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 26 (facsimile):
- e logo chegar..a alma tomar demões q̇ a leuarõ. mui toſte ſẽ tardar
- and soon devils arrived, seizing the soul, and took it very quickly without delay
- e logo chegar..a alma tomar demões q̇ a leuarõ. mui toſte ſẽ tardar
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From Old Galician-Portuguese mui, clipping of muito.
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mui
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mui
Further reading edit
- “mui”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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mui
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From Proto-Tai *ʰmwɯjᴬ (“bear”). Cognate with Thai หมี (mǐi), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩦ, Lao ໝີ (mī), Lü ᦖᦲ (ṁii), Tai Dam ꪢꪲ, Shan မီ (mǐi), Ahom 𑜉𑜣 (mī), Nong Zhuang mue, Bouyei moil. Compare Old Chinese 羋 (OC *meʔ).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /muːi˨˦/
- Tone numbers: mui1
- Hyphenation: mui
Noun edit
mui (Sawndip forms 𤞦 or 𪻄, 1957–1982 spelling mui)
- bear (animal)