Definitions and meaning of mun
mun
Etymology 1
From Middle English mone (“shall, must”), from Old Norse munu (“shall, must”), from Proto-Germanic *munaną.
Alternative forms
Verb
mun
- (dialect, Northern English, modal auxiliary, defective) Must.
References
Etymology 2
From Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-; compare mouth
Noun
mun (plural muns)
- (obsolete, dialect) The mouth, jaw.
Etymology 3
Noun
mun
- (Britain, dialect) man
Pronoun
mun
- (Britain, dialect, Devon, Somerset, obsolete) them
- 1746, Exmoor Courtship 1879 edition[2], page 50:
- tha wut spudlee out the Yemors, and screedle over mun
References
Etymology 4
Clipping of mundane.
Noun
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.
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Synonyms
Anagrams
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latin manus.
Noun
mun f
- (anatomy) hand
Finnish
Pronoun
mun
- (colloquial) Genitive form of mä.
See also
Gothic
Romanization
mun
- Romanization of 𐌼𐌿𐌽
Icelandic
Verb
mun
- singular first-person present indicative of munu
Inari Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *monë.
Pronoun
mun
- 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
Irish
Contraction
mun
- Contraction of um + an.
Mutation
Further reading
- "mun" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Iu Mien
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔmun (“illness, pain”). Cognate with White Hmong mob and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] mb.
Noun
mun
- pain
Middle English
Verb
mun
- Alternative form of mone (“shall”)
Northern Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *monë.
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmun/
Pronoun
mun
- I
Inflection
See also
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
Scots
Verb
mun
- (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.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Fro mu + an.
Preposition
mun
- about the, about their, about my, about whom, about which
- concerning the, concerning their, concerning my, concerning whom, concerning which
See also
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.
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From English moon.
Pronunciation
Noun
mun
- moon
- month
Related terms
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish munder, from Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-.
Pronunciation
Noun
mun c
- (anatomy) a mouth
Declension
Related terms
References
- mun in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Ter Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *monë.
Pronoun
mun
- 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
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English moon.
Noun
mun
- moon
- month
Torres Strait Creole
Etymology
From English moon.
Noun
mun
- moon
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)
- (North Central Vietnam) ashes
- (botany) ebony
Synonyms
Adjective
mun • (椚)
- (of a cat, otherwise rare) black
- Synonym: đen
See also
Volapük
Noun
mun (nominative plural muns)
- moon (planetary satellite)
Declension
Welsh
Noun
mun
- (slang) equivalent to the man in English, as in you, you man, you bloke, dude, guy, mate
Source: wiktionary.org- (dialect) a man.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)