mumu
English
Etymology 1
Noun
mumu (plural mumus)
- In Papua New Guinea, a feast where a pig is cooked.
Etymology 2
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Noun
mumu (plural mumus)
- (West Africa, derogatory) A fool.
- (Nigeria, derogatory) A victim of an online scam.
Synonyms
Antigua and Barbuda Creole English
Noun
mumu (plural mumu dem, quantified mumu)
Kanakanabu
Etymology
Could be from Proto-Austronesian *susu. Compare Tsou nun'u.
Noun
mumu
Romanian
Etymology
From the noun muie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmumu]
Noun
mumu n (uncountable)
Usage notes
This word is not declined, and is usually used in the phrase a face mumu.
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Possibly from Ewe mumũ (“dumb”), Twi Akan múm (“dumb and deaf”), Mende (Sierra Leone) múmú (“dumb”).[1] Compare Guyanese Creole English, Krio, Jamaican Creole, and Nicaraguan Creole mumu.
Adjective
mumu
References
Sordam, Max (1985), Surinaams woordenboek nieuwe spelling (in Dutch), →ISBN
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmumuʔ/ [ˈmuː.mʊʔ]
- Rhymes: -umuʔ
- Syllabification: mu‧mu
Noun
mumù (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜋᜓ)
- alternative form of mumo
Turkish
Noun
mumu
- singular accusative of mum
West Makian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmu.mu/
Verb
mumu
- (transitive) to smoke (meat, fish)
Conjugation
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | tomumu | momumu | amumu | |
| 2nd person | nomumu | fomumu | ||
| 3rd person | inanimate | imumu | domumu | |
| animate | ||||
| imperative | numumu, mumu | fumumu, mumu | ||
References
- James Collins (1982), Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary[2], Pacific linguistics