different between mux vs muy

English

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Compare muck.

Noun

mux (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Dirt, filth or muck.

Verb

mux (third-person singular simple present muxes, present participle muxing, simple past and past participle muxed)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To make a mess of something; to botch.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of multiplex, multiplexer.

Noun

mux (plural muxes)

1. A multiplexer.

Verb

mux (third-person singular simple present muxes, present participle muxing, simple past and past participle muxed)

1. To multiplex.

Antonyms

• (both noun and verb): demux

See also

• dub
• MUX

Norman

Alternative forms

• miyeu (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French mielz, mialz, miels, from Latin melius.

Adverb

mux

1. (Guernsey) comparative degree of bian

Phalura

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mux/

Noun

mux m (Perso-Arabic spelling ???)

1. face

Inflection

a-decl (Obl, pl): -á

References

• Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)?^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, ?ISBN

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.