mun
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse man (“must, will”).[1]
Alternative formsEdit
VerbEdit
mun
- (dialectal, 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.
- 1894, M E Francis, In a North Country Village
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “mun” in the Collins English Dictionary
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-; compare mouth
NounEdit
mun (plural muns)
- (obsolete, dialectal) 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 3Edit
NounEdit
mun
Etymology 4Edit
Clipping of mundane.
NounEdit
mun (plural muns)
- (role-playing games, Internet slang) The person who roleplays a character in a role-playing game, especially an online play-by-post one.
- 2001 December 31, JamesStein, “Sucessfully Powering Down a Campaign”, in rec.games.frp.dnd, Usenet[3]:
- 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 examples of usage of this term, see Citations:mun.
SynonymsEdit
AnagramsEdit
DalmatianEdit
FinnishEdit
GothicEdit
IcelandicEdit
Inari SamiEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Samic *monë.
PronounEdit
mun
Further readingEdit
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[4], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
IrishEdit
ContractionEdit
mun
MutationEdit
| 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 readingEdit
- "mun" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Iu MienEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔmun (“illness, pain”). Cognate with White Hmong mob.
NounEdit
mun
Northern SamiEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Samic *monë.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
mun
InflectionEdit
| 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 alsoEdit
| Personal pronouns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| 1st person | mun | moai | mii |
| 2nd person | don | doai | dii |
| 3rd person | son | soai | sii |
Further readingEdit
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[5], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
ScotsEdit
Alternative formsEdit
VerbEdit
mun
- (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.
- 1894, M E Francis, In a North Country Village
Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
PrepositionEdit
mun
- about the, about their, about my, about whom, about which
- concerning the, concerning their, concerning my, concerning whom, concerning which
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- “mun” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, →ISBN.
Sranan TongoEdit
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Swedish munder, from Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mun c
- (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
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of mun | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | mun | munnen | munnar | munnarna |
| Genitive | muns | munnens | munnars | munnarnas |
Related termsEdit
- 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
ReferencesEdit
Ter SamiEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Samic *monë.
PronounEdit
mun
Further readingEdit
- 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
Tok PisinEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
mun
- moon
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 1:15:
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- month
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Torres Strait CreoleEdit
VietnameseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Vietic *ɓuːɲ (“ashes”); cognate with Muong bunh.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mun (椚)
SynonymsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mun (椚)