mun

See also: mún, mùn, mūn, mủn, Mun., müň, and múŋ

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʌn/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Etymology 1

From Middle English mone (“shall, must”), from Old Norse munu (“shall, must”), from Proto-Germanic *munaną.

Alternative forms

• maun

Verb

mun

1. (dialect, Northern English, modal auxiliary, defective) Must.
   • 1894, M E Francis, In a North Country Village:

     Ye mun ha' done wi' all that foolery — ye're gettin' a man now, an' ye mun give over that nonsense.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-; compare mouth

Noun

mun (plural muns)

1. (obsolete, dialect) The mouth, jaw.
   • 1847, J O Halliwell, Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial words:

     A common cry at Coventry on Good Friday is: One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns, / Butter them and sugar them and put them in your muns.

Etymology 3

Noun

mun

1. (Britain, dialect) man

Pronoun

mun

1. (Britain, dialect, Devon, Somerset, obsolete) them
   • 1746, Exmoor Courtship 1879 edition[2], page 50:

     tha wut spudlee out the Yemors, and screedle over mun

Etymology 4

Clipping of mundane.

Noun

mun (plural muns)

1. (role-playing games, Internet slang) The person who roleplays a character in a role-playing game, especially an online play-by-post one.
   • 1997 October 29, Jade [username], “Re: Male dragon in need of mate ^_^”, in alt.fan.dragons, Usenet‎^[3]:

     Jade grabs a handful of brownies and nibbles on then,^[sic] trying to keep her mun from reaching right to the screen to get some […]

   • 1999 November 4, Milelarau [username], “Re: Roleplaying”, in alt.games.everquest, Usenet‎^[4]:

     Wait a sec.... You mean.. this is a GAME??
     And here I thought that nine tae five job my mun goes to everyday was a game and Norrath was my home..

   • 2001 December 31, JamesStein, “Successfully Powering Down a Campaign”, in rec.games.frp.dnd, Usenet‎^[5]:

     Any suggestions on how to successfully turn this into a good SL, which will bring the characters back into the range of normalcy, without leaving the muns feeling deprived of everything their characters earned?

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:mun.

Synonyms

• roleplayer, RPer

Anagrams

• Num., nmu, num, num.

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin manus.

Noun

mun f

1. (anatomy) hand

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Finnish

Pronoun

mun

1. (colloquial) Genitive form of mä.
2. (dialectal) Accusative form of mä.

See also

• minun

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Gothic

Romanization

mun

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌿𐌽

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Icelandic

Verb

mun

1. singular first-person present indicative of munu

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Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monë.

Pronoun

mun

1. I

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[6], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Irish

Contraction

mun

1. Contraction of um + an.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mun	mhun	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "mun" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔmun (“illness, pain”). Cognate with White Hmong mob and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] mb.

Noun

mun 

1. pain

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Middle English

Verb

mun

1. Alternative form of mone (“shall”)

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmun/

Pronoun

mun

1. I

Inflection

Inflection of mun (irregular)
Nominative	mun, mon
Genitive	mū
Nominative	mun, mon
Genitive	mū
Accusative	mū
Illative	munnje
Locative	mūs
Comitative	muinna
Essive	mūnin

See also

Personal pronouns
	singular	dual	plural
1st person	mun	moai	mii
2nd person	don	doai	dii
3rd person	son	soai	sii

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[7], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

mun

1. present tense of muna

Etymology 2

From Old Norse munr, from Proto-Germanic *muniz.

Noun

mun m (definite singular munen, indefinite plural muner, definite plural munene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1938; superseded by mon

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Old Norse

Verb

mun

1. inflection of munu:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present active indicative
   2. second-person singular present active imperative

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Polish

Etymology

Perhaps from Vietnamese (cánh) mỏng.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mun/

Noun

mun m inan (indeclinable)

1. (colloquial) Mun mushroom

Further reading

• mun in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mun in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Scots

Verb

mun

1. (modal auxiliary, defective) Alternative form of maun
   • 1894, M E Francis, In a North Country Village

     Ye mun ha' done wi' all that foolery — ye're gettin' a man now, an' ye mun give over that nonsense.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Fro mu + an.

Preposition

mun

1. about the, about their, about my, about whom, about which
2. concerning the, concerning their, concerning my, concerning whom, concerning which

See also

• mu

Further reading

• “mun” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, →ISBN.

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English moon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mun/

Noun

mun

1. moon
2. month

Related terms

• munde

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Sumerian

Romanization

mun

1. Romanization of 𒁵 (mun)

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish munder, from Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɵn/, [mɵnː]

• audio

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Noun

mun c

1. (anatomy) a mouth

   morgonstund har guld i mun

   morning hour has gold in its mouth (meaning: the early bird catches the worm)

   många munnar att mätta

   many mouths to feed

Declension

Declension of mun
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mun	munnen	munnar	munnarna
Genitive	muns	munnens	munnars	munnarnas

Related terms

• munart
• munblåst
• mundiarré
• munfull
• mungiga
• mungipa
• munharmonika
• munhuggande
• munhuggas
• munhuggning
• munhygien
• munhäfta
• munhåla
• munkorg
• munlag
• munläder
• munläsa
• munlås
• mun-mot-mun-metoden
• munsbit
• munskydd
• munskänk
• munspel
• munstycke
• munstyv
• munsår
• munta
• muntlig
• muntligen
• muntorrhet
• muntur
• munvatten
• munvig
• munvinkel
• munväder

 

References

• mun in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

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Ter Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monë.

Pronoun

mun

1. I

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[8], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English moon.

Noun

mun

1. moon
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:15:

     God i mekim kamap tupela bikpela lait. Bikpela em san bilong givim lait long de, na liklik em mun bilong givim lait long nait. Na God i mekim kamap ol sta tu.

     →New International Version translation

2. month

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Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English moon.

Noun

mun

1. moon

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Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ɓuːɲ (“ashes”); cognate with Muong bunh.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mun˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mun˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mʊwŋ͡m˧˧]

Noun

mun • (椚)

1. (North Central Vietnam) ashes
2. (botany) ebony

Synonyms

• tro; gio

Adjective

mun • (椚)

1. (of a cat, otherwise rare) black

   Synonym: đen

See also

• mực
• ô

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Volapük

Noun

mun (nominative plural muns)

1. moon (planetary satellite)

Declension

declension of mun

	singular	plural
nominative	mun	muns
genitive	muna	munas
dative	mune	munes
accusative	muni	munis
vocative 1	o mun!	o muns!
predicative 2	munu	munus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

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Welsh

Noun

mun

1. (slang) equivalent to the man in English, as in you, you man, you bloke, dude, guy, mate