muu

See also: múu, mưu, and mṹṹ

Aghem edit

Noun edit

mú'ú

water
mùu ǹ ...
the water of the ...

Chuukese edit

Noun edit

muu

kingdom

Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈmuu]
Audio:
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Rhymes: -uu
Hyphenation: mu‧u

Interjection edit

muu

moo (the cry of a cow)

Related terms edit

muĝi (“to moo”)
muĝo (“a moo”)

Estonian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu. Cognate with Finnish muu, Northern Mansi мо̄т (mōt), Hungarian más.

Pronoun edit

muu

other

Declension edit

Declension of muu (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		muu	muud
accusative	nom.	muu
accusative	gen.	muu
genitive		muu	muude
partitive		muud	muid muusid
illative		muusse	muudesse muisse
inessive		muus	muudes muis
elative		muust	muudest muist
allative		muule	muudele muile
adessive		muul	muudel muil
ablative		muult	muudelt muilt
translative		muuks	muudeks muiks
terminative		muuni	muudeni
essive		muuna	muudena
abessive		muuta	muudeta
comitative		muuga	muudega

Finnish edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
Rhymes: -uː
Syllabification^(key): muu

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Finnic *muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu. Cognate with Estonian muu, Northern Sami nubbi, Northern Mansi мо̄т (mōt), Hungarian más.

Pronoun edit

muu

(indefinite) other, another
Synonyms: eri, toinen

Antonyms: sama, samainen

joku muu ― someone else

jokin muu ― something else
(indefinite, in the plural) the others (of people)
(indefinite) else
Kaapissa ei ollut mitään muuta kuin tölkki papuja.
There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.
(literally, “There was nothing else in the cupboard than a tin of beans.”)

Determiner edit

muu

other, another

Inflection edit

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Declension of muu (type 18/maa)

noun case	singular	plural	adverbial form	singular	plural
nominative	muu	muut	superessive	muualla	–
genitive	muun	muiden muitten	delative	muualta	–
partitive	muuta	muita	sublative	muualle	–
accusative	muu muun	muut	lative	–	–
inessive	muussa	muissa	temporal	muulloin	–
elative	muusta	muista	causative	muuten	–
illative	muuhun	muihin	multiplicative	–	–
adessive	muulla	muilla	distributive	–	–
ablative	muulta	muilta	temp. dist.	–	–
allative	muulle	muille	prolative	–	–
essive	muuna	muina	situative	–	–
translative	muuksi	muiksi	oppositive	–	–
abessive	muutta	muitta
instructive	–	muin
comitative	–	muine

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Onomatopoeic

Interjection edit

muu

(onomatopoeia) moo (a sound made by a cow)

Synonyms edit

ammuu, möö

Related terms edit

ammua

Ingrian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Finnic *muu. Cognates include Finnish muu and Estonian muu.

Pronunciation edit

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
Rhymes: -uː
Hyphenation: muu

Pronoun edit

muu

(in the singular) the other
(in the plural) others

Determiner edit

muu

other, another

Declension edit

Declension of muu (type 8/maa, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	muu	muut
genitive	muun	muijen
partitive	muuta	muita
illative	muuhu	muihe
inessive	muus	muis
elative	muust	muist
allative	muulle	muille
adessive	muul	muil
ablative	muult	muilt
translative	muuks	muiks
essive	muunna, muun	muinna, muin
exessive¹⁾	muunt	muint
¹⁾ obsolete ^) the accusative* corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) ^) the comitative** is formed by adding the suffix -ka^? or -kä^? to the genitive.

Synonyms edit

(the other): toin
(others): toin
(other): toin

Antonyms edit

(antonym(s) of “the other”): yks
(antonym(s) of “others”): yks
(antonym(s) of “other”): sama, yks

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Onomatopoeic. Akin to Finnish muu.

Pronunciation edit

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
Rhymes: -uː
Hyphenation: muu

Interjection edit

muu

moo

References edit

V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 101
Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 322

Karelian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *muu. Cognates include Finnish muu and Estonian muu.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈmuː/
Hyphenation: muu

Pronoun edit

muu

the other, another

Determiner edit

muu

other, another

References edit

P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 111
P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “другой”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

Kumeyaay edit

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

muu

ram, bighorn sheep.

Livvi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *muu. Cognates include Finnish muu and Estonian muu.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈmuː/
Hyphenation: muu
Rhymes: -uː

Pronoun edit

muu

the other, another

Determiner edit

muu

other, another

Declension edit

Declension of muu (Type 15/suu, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	muu	muut
genitive	muun	muuloin
partitive	muudu	muuloi
illative	muuh	muuloih
inessive	muus	muulois
elative	muuspäi	muuloispäi
allative	muule	muuloile
adessive	muul	muuloil
ablative	muulpäi	muuloilpäi
translative	muukse	muuloikse
essive	muunnu	muuloinnu
abessive	muuttah	muuloittah
comitative	muunke	muuloinke
instructive		muuloiči
prolative	muuči

References edit

Tatjana Boiko (2019) “muu”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN

Ludian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu.

Pronoun edit

muu

other

Navajo edit

Noun edit

muu

(onomatopoeia) moo, the characteristic lowing sound made by cattle

Nootka edit

Numeral edit

muu

four

References edit

John Stonham, Numerals and Incorporation in Nootka (1998)

Old Galician-Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin mūlum.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈmu.u/
Rhymes: -uu

Noun edit

muu m (plural muus)

a mule
(figurative, derogatory, sexuality) passive homosexual lover

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Portuguese: mu

Portuguese edit

Interjection edit

muu

Alternative form of mu

Ulch edit

Noun edit

muu

water

References edit

Sonya Oskolskaya, Natasha Stoynova, Some Changes in the Noun Paradigm of Ulcha Under the Language Shift, 2017.

Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu.

Pronunciation edit

(Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
Rhymes: -uː
Hyphenation: muu

Determiner edit

muu

other, another

Pronoun edit

muu

the other, others

Declension edit

Declension of muu (type I/maa, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	muu	muud
genitive	muu	muijõ
partitive	muutõ	muitõ
illative	muhhu, muhuusõ	muisõ
inessive	muuz	muiz
elative	muussõ	muissõ
allative	muulõ	muilõ
adessive	muullõ	muillõ
ablative	muultõ	muiltõ
translative	muussi	muissi
^) the accusative* corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) ^) the terminative** is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ^*) the comitative** is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References edit

Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “muu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

muu

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Ingrian edit

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Karelian edit

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Kumeyaay edit

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Livvi edit

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Ludian edit

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Navajo edit

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Nootka edit

Numeral edit

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Old Galician-Portuguese edit

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Noun edit

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Portuguese edit

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Ulch edit

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Votic edit

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