Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mùxa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mǔʋa/
  • Hyphenation: mu‧va

Noun

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mùva f (Cyrillic spelling му̀ва)

  1. (regional Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia) fly (insect)
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Italian muffa.

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Noun

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muva f (Cyrillic spelling мува)

  1. wine that has gone bad
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic млъва (mlŭva, speech).[1]

Noun

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muva f (Cyrillic spelling мува)

  1. (rare, literary, archaic) noise (various sounds, usually unwanted)[1]
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Maretić, Tomislav (1911), "Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika" Volume VII, p. 183