muka

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori.

Noun

muka (uncountable)

1. Prepared fibre of harakeke, used in traditional Maori weaving.

Anagrams

• Mauk, akum

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mǫka.

Noun

muka n pl

1. (literary) Agony, torment, ordeal.

Etymology

Akin to Veps muga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmukɑ/
• Hyphenation: mu‧ka
• Rhymes: -ukɑ

Adverb

muka

1. Used to express that what follows is doubtful or untrue; supposedly, allegedly.

   Miten voi kalliimpi olla aina muka jotenkin parempi?

   How can more expensive supposedly always be somehow better?

   Oletko sinä muka purjehtinut Atlantin yli?

   Do you claim you have sailed across the Atlantic?

2. In partitive (mukaa) used in some expressions to indicate simultaneity, togetherness or causality; along, along with, together, simultaneously, in proportion, in pace with.

   Harjoituksia kovennettiin sitä mukaa kuin Harrin kunto parani.

   The exercise was made harder in pace with the improvement of Harri's condition.

Anagrams

• kamu, maku

Etymology

From Sanskrit मुख (mukha).

Noun

muka

1. face

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mǫka; cognate with Upper Sorbian muka, Polish mąka, Czech mouka, Russian мука́ (muká), Old Church Slavonic мѫка (mǫka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmuka]

Noun

muka f (diminutive mucka)

1. flour (powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains)

Etymology

From Sanskrit मुख (mukha).

Noun

muka

1. face

Noun

muka class 1 (plural waka)

1. wife

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *mǫka (“torture, torment”).

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *mǫka (“flour”).

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mǫka.

Noun

muka f (genitive singular muky, nominative plural muky, genitive plural múk, declension pattern of žena)

1. torture
2. excruciating pain

Further reading

• muka in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk