muj

See also: můj

Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

muej (Gheg)
mund (Tosk)
múndënj (Arbëreshë)

Etymology edit

Gheg variant of Tosk Albanian mund and Arbëresh Albanian múndënj. From Proto-Albanian *māgnja, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-, *megʰ-. Compare Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 (magan), Proto-Slavic *mogь, *moťi (“be able, can”). mund represents a nasal present of muj (cf. Tosk lind > Gheg lej, gdhe > gdhend etc). Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *mundnja, representing a secondary formation based on or yielding mund.^[1] See mund (“can, to be able”) for more.

Verb edit

(active) muj, muej, mûj, mûej (aorist mûjta, mûfta, participle mûjt(un)) (Gheg)
(active) mund (aorist munda, participle mundur) (Standard)

(active voice) to be able, to can
to prevail
to beat, to win

Derived terms edit

mujoj (active), mujohet (passive), mujuar (participle)
mujim m, mujimi m

Related terms edit

mund (active), mundem (passive), mundur (participle)
mujshoj (active), mujshuar (participle)
mujshar m, mujshari m
mujshi f, mujshia f
mujshim m, mujshimi m

References edit

^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “muj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 277

Romani edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀼𑀳 (muha), from Sanskrit मुख (mukha).^[1]^[2]^[3] Cognates include Hindi मुँह (mũh) and Punjabi ਮੂੰਹ (mū̃h).

Noun edit

muj m inan (nominative plural muja)

mouth^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
Duj duj desuduj, csumidavme lako muj
Two, two, twelve, I'll kiss her mouth
face^[1]^[2]^[3]^[5]^[6]

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “múkha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 585
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “muj”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 186b-187a
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Yaron Matras (2002) Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎^[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 27, 36, 40, 61, 84, 92
^ Marcel Courthiade (1989) Geoff Husič, transl., Romani Grammar‎^[2], e-book edition, volumes 1: General Information, Phonology, and Morphology, Lawrence, Kansas, published 2019, →OCLC, pages 37, 48, 60, 132, 140
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o muj, -es- m. -a, -en- = o m/uj, -os- m. -uja, -on- (phurikani fòrma)”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 247ab
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “muj, ~a”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 152b

[1] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “muj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 277

[t-2] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “múkha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 585

[bi-3] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “muj”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 186b-187a

[m-4] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Yaron Matras (2002) Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎^[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 27, 36, 40, 61, 84, 92

[c89-5] Marcel Courthiade (1989) Geoff Husič, transl., Romani Grammar‎^[2], e-book edition, volumes 1: General Information, Phonology, and Morphology, Lawrence, Kansas, published 2019, →OCLC, pages 37, 48, 60, 132, 140

[c09-6] 5.0 ^5.1 Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o muj, -es- m. -a, -en- = o m/uj, -os- m. -uja, -on- (phurikani fòrma)”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 247ab

[s-7] 6.0 ^6.1 Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “muj, ~a”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 152b

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