mun

See also: mún, mùn, mūn, mủn, Mun., müň, and múŋ

English

Etymology 1

From Old Norse man (“must, will”).[1]

Alternative forms

Verb

mun

  1. (dialect, Northern English, modal auxiliary, defective) Must.
    • 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.

References

Etymology 2

From Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-; compare mouth

Noun

mun (plural muns)

  1. (obsolete, dialect) The mouth, jaw.
    • 1847, J O Halliwell, Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial words:
      A common cry at Coventry on Good Friday is: One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns, / Butter them and sugar them and put them in your muns.

Etymology 3

Noun

mun

  1. (Britain, dialect) man

Etymology 4

Clipping of mundane.

Noun

mun (plural muns)

  1. (role-playing games, Internet slang) The person who roleplays a character in a role-playing game, especially an online play-by-post one.
    • 1997 October 29, Jade [username], “Re: Male dragon in need of mate ^_^”, in alt.fan.dragons, Usenet‎:
      Jade grabs a handful of brownies and nibbles on then,[sic] trying to keep her mun from reaching right to the screen to get some […]
    • 1999 November 4, Milelarau [username], “Re: Roleplaying”, in alt.games.everquest, Usenet‎:
      Wait a sec.... You mean.. this is a GAME??
      And here I thought that nine tae five job my mun goes to everyday was a game and Norrath was my home..
    • 2001 December 31, JamesStein, “Sucessfully Powering Down a Campaign”, in rec.games.frp.dnd, Usenet‎:
      Any suggestions on how to successfully turn this into a good SL, which will bring the characters back into the range of normalcy, without leaving the muns feeling deprived of everything their characters earned?
    • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:mun.
Synonyms

Anagrams

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin manus.

Noun

mun f

  1. (anatomy) hand

Finnish

Pronoun

mun

  1. (colloquial) Genitive form of minä.

See also

Gothic

Romanization

mun

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌿𐌽

Icelandic

Verb

mun

  1. singular first-person present indicative of munu

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monë.

Pronoun

mun

  1. I

Further reading

Irish

Contraction

mun

  1. Contraction of um + an.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mun mhun not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monë.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmun/

Pronoun

mun

  1. I

Inflection

Inflection of mun (irregular)
Nominative mun, mon
Genitive mū
Nominative mun, mon
Genitive mū
Accusative mū
Illative munnje
Locative mūs
Comitative muinna
Essive mūnin

See also

Personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person mun moai mii
2nd person don doai dii
3rd person son soai sii

Further reading

Scots

Alternative forms

Verb

mun

  1. (modal auxiliary, defective) Must.
    • 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

  1. about the, about their, about my, about whom, about which
  2. concerning the, concerning their, concerning my, concerning whom, concerning which

See also

Further reading

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish munder, from Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɵn/, [mɵnː]
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Noun

mun c

  1. (anatomy) a mouth
    morgonstund har guld i mun
    morning hour has gold in its mouth (meaning: the early bird catches the worm)
    många munnar att mätta
    many mouths to feed

Declension

Declension of mun 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mun munnen munnar munnarna
Genitive muns munnens munnars munnarnas

References

Ter Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monë.

Pronoun

mun

  1. I

Further reading

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English moon.

Noun

mun

  1. moon
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:15 (translation here):
      God i mekim kamap tupela bikpela lait. Bikpela em san bilong givim lait long de, na liklik em mun bilong givim lait long nait. Na God i mekim kamap ol sta tu.
  2. month
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Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English moon.

Noun

mun

  1. moon

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ɓuːɲ (“ashes”); cognate with Muong bunh.

Pronunciation

Noun

mun (椚)

  1. ashes
  2. (botany) ebony

Synonyms

Adjective

mun (椚)

  1. (rare, of a cat) black
    Synonym: đen

See also

Volapük

Noun

mun (plural muns)

  1. moon (planetary satellite)

Declension

Welsh

Noun

mun

  1. (slang) equivalent to the man in English, as in you, you man, you bloke, dude, guy, mate
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