muos

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English most.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muos/

Determiner

muos

1. most
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 12:31:

     Di sekan muos impuotant Laa a dis: ‘Yu fi lov yu nieba siem laik ou yu lov yuself.’ No ada Laa no muo impuotant laik dem tuu ya.

     The second most important law is this: You must love your neighbour the same as you love yourself. No other law is more important than these two.

Further reading

• muos at majstro.com

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mōs, from Proto-Germanic *mōsą (“porridge, food”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“wet, fat, dripping”). Related to English mush.

Noun

muos (n)

1. Food, nourishment, mush.

Inflection

Declension of muos (neuter strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	muos	muos
accusative	muos	muos
genitive	muosis, -es	muoso
dative	muose, -i	muoson

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: moes
  • Dutch: moes

Further reading

• “muos”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012