muu

See also: múu, mưu, mu'u, and mṹṹ

Aghem

Noun

mú'ú

  1. water
    mùu ǹ ...
    the water of the ...

Further reading

Chuukese

Noun

muu

  1. kingdom

Esperanto

Interjection

muu

  1. moo (the cry of a cow)
  • muĝi (“to moo”)
  • muĝo (“a moo”)

Estonian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

muu

  1. other

Finnish

(index mu)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

muu

  1. (indefinite) other, another.
  2. (indefinite) (in plural muut) the others (referring to people).
  3. (indefinite) else.
  4. With kuin; but, except.
    Kaapissa ei ollut mitään muuta kuin tölkki papuja.
    There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.
  5. joku ~ = other (not the one previously referred to).
Inflection
Declension of muu (type maa)
noun case singular pluraladverbial
form		 singular plural
nominative muu muutsuperessive muualla –
genitive muun muiden
muitten		delative muualta –
partitive muuta muitasublative muualle –
accusative muu
muun		 muutlative – –
inessive muussa muissatemporal muulloin –
elative muusta muistacausative muuten –
illative muuhun muihinmultiplicative – –
adessive muulla muilladistributive – –
ablative muulta muiltatemp. dist. – –
allative muulle muilleprolative – –
essive muuna muinasituative – –
translative muuksi muiksioppositive – –
instructive – muin
abessive muutta muitta
comitative – muine
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Onomatopoietic.

Interjection

muu

  1. (onomatopoietic) Moo, sound made by a cow.
Synonyms

Ingrian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

muu

  1. other

Karelian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

muu

  1. other

Ludian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

muu

  1. other

Portuguese

Interjection

muu

  1. Alternative form of mu
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