different between mun vs muy

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English mone (“shall, must”), from Old Norse munu (“shall, must”), from Proto-Germanic *munan?.

Alternative forms

• maun

Verb

mun

1. (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)

1. (obsolete, dialect) The mouth, jaw.

Etymology 3

Noun

mun

1. (Britain, dialect) man

Pronoun

mun

1. (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)

1. (role-playing games, Internet slang) The person who roleplays a character in a role-playing game, especially an online play-by-post one.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:mun.

Synonyms

• roleplayer, RPer

Anagrams

• Num., nmu, num, num.

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin manus.

Noun

mun f

1. (anatomy) hand

Finnish

Pronoun

mun

1. (colloquial) Genitive form of mä.
2. (dialectal) Accusative form of mä.

See also

• minun

Gothic

Romanization

mun

1. Romanization of ????????????

Icelandic

Verb

mun

1. singular first-person present indicative of munu

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monë.

Pronoun

mun

1. 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

1. 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 *?mun (“illness, pain”). Cognate with White Hmong mob and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] mb.

Noun

mun 

1. pain

Middle English

Verb

mun

1. Alternative form of mone (“shall”)

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?mun/

Pronoun

mun

1. 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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

mun

1. present tense of muna

Etymology 2

From Old Norse munr, from Proto-Germanic *muniz.

Noun

mun m (definite singular munen, indefinite plural muner, definite plural munene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1938; superseded by mon

Polish

Etymology

Perhaps from Vietnamese (cánh) m?ng.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mun/

Noun

mun m inan (indeclinable)

1. (colloquial) Mun mushroom

Further reading

• mun in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• mun in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

Verb

mun

1. (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

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

See also

• mu

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

• IPA^(key): /mun/

Noun

mun

1. moon
2. month

Related terms

• munde

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?n/, [m?n?]

Noun

mun c

1. (anatomy) a mouth

Declension

Related terms

References

• mun in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Ter Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monë.

Pronoun

mun

1. 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

1. moon
2. month

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English moon.

Noun

mun

1. moon

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [mun??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [mun??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [m?w??m??]

Noun

mun • (?)

1. (North Central Vietnam) ashes
2. (botany) ebony

Synonyms

• tro; gio

Adjective

mun • (?)

1. (of a cat, otherwise rare) black

   Synonym: ?en

See also

• m?c
• ô

Volapük

Noun

mun (nominative 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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish muy.

Adverb

muy (not comparable)

1. (informal, US, chiefly in Latin-American contexts) very
   • 1995, Drema Crist, Janette Park, & Marc Sorace, "Last-Second Sound Bites", The Chronicle, (Duke University), 30 November 1995:

     Spacehog are a perfectly nice band, with pleasantly strummed guitars, a crisp pop sensibility, and muy cute vocals on this side of awkward, but after Blur, Ride, Lush, Oasis, Stone Roses, Elastica, and what have you, Resident Alien is just the proverbial straw on this overworked and overbroke camel's back.

   • 1999, Terri de la Peña, Faults, Alyson Books (1999), ?ISBN, page 163:

     In her rosy two-piece traveling outfit, Adela looks muy cute as she walks toward us.

   • 2007, John Lannert, "Crossover King", Billboard, 9 June 2007:

     But such is the case with Enrique Iglesias, the muy handsome son of Julio, who is known to his fans these days simply as Enrique.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:muy.

Anagrams

• Yum, yum

Chibcha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??/

Noun

muy

1. Alternative form of amuy

References

• Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.
• Quesada Pacheco, Miguel Ángel. 1991. El vocabulario mosco de 1612. En estudios de Lingüística Chibcha. Programa de investigación del departamento de lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica. Serie Anual Tomo X San José (Costa Rica). Universidad de Costa Rica.

Ladino

Etymology

From muito, from Latin multus (“much, many”).

Adverb

muy (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ?????)

1. very

Portuguese

Adverb

muy

1. Obsolete spelling of mui

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish muito, from Latin multus (“much, many”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mui/, [?mui?]

Adverb

muy

1. very

   Synonym: re-

Derived terms

• muy pero que muy
• pero que muy

See also

• mucho

Further reading

• “muy” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tzotzil

Verb

muy

1. (intransitive) to climb

References

• Laughlin, Robert M. [et al.] (1988) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantán, vol. I. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.