muu

muu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yaaku.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Yaaku terms

mú'ú

1. water

   mùu ǹ ...

   the water of the ...

• Aghem Grammatical Structure: With Special Reference to Noun Classes (1979), pages 13, 18, 38
• Current approaches to African linguistics, volume 4 (Foris Publications, 1987), page 209

muu

1. kingdom

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuu/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uu
• Syllabification: mu‧u

muu

1. moo (the cry of a cow)

• muĝi (“to moo”)
• muĝo (“a moo”)

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

muu (genitive muu, partitive muud)

1. other

Declension of muu (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		muu	muud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	muu
genitive			muude
partitive		muud	muid muusid
illative		muusse	muudesse muisse
inessive		muus	muudes muis
elative		muust	muudest muist
allative		muule	muudele muile
adessive		muul	muudel muil
ablative		muult	muudelt muilt
translative		muuks	muudeks muiks
terminative		muuni	muudeni
essive		muuna	muudena
abessive		muuta	muudeta
comitative		muuga	muudega

• “muu”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “muu”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• muu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
• Rhymes: -uː
• Syllabification^(key): muu
• Hyphenation^(key): muu

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

muu

1. (indefinite) other, another

   Synonyms: eri, toinen

   Antonyms: sama, samainen

   joku muu ― someone else

   jokin muu ― something else

2. (indefinite, in the plural) the others (of people)
3. (indefinite) else

   Kaapissa ei ollut mitään muuta kuin tölkki papuja.

   There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.

   (literally, “There was nothing else in the cupboard than a tin of beans.”)

muu

1. other, another

• “muu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Onomatopoeic

muu

1. (onomatopoeia) moo (a sound made by a cow)

• ammuu, möö

• ammua

From Proto-Finnic *muu. Cognates include Finnish muu and Estonian muu.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
• Rhymes: -uː
• Hyphenation: muu

muu

1. (in the singular) the other
2. (in the plural) others

muu

1. other, another

Declension of muu (type 8/maa, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	muu	muut
genitive	muun	muijen
partitive	muuta	muita
illative	muuhu	muihe
inessive	muus	muis
elative	muust	muist
allative	muulle	muille
adessive	muul	muil
ablative	muult	muilt
translative	muuks	muiks
essive	muunna, muun	muinna, muin
exessive1)	muunt	muint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• (the other): toin
• (others): toin
• (other): toin

• (antonym(s) of “the other”): yks
• (antonym(s) of “others”): yks
• (antonym(s) of “other”): sama, yks

Onomatopoeic. Akin to Finnish muu.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
• Rhymes: -uː
• Hyphenation: muu

muu

1. moo

• V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 101
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 322

From Proto-Finnic *muu. Cognates include Finnish muu and Estonian muu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuː/
• Hyphenation: muu

muu

1. the other, another

muu

1. other, another

• P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 111
• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015), “другой”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

muu

1. ram, bighorn sheep.

From Proto-Finnic *muu. Cognates include Finnish muu and Estonian muu.

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

muu

1. the other, another

muu

1. other, another

Declension of muu (Type 15/suu, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	muu	muut
genitive	muun	muuloin
partitive	muudu	muuloi
illative	muuh	muuloih
inessive	muus	muulois
elative	muuspäi	muuloispäi
allative	muule	muuloile
adessive	muul	muuloil
ablative	muulpäi	muuloilpäi
translative	muukse	muuloikse
essive	muunnu	muuloinnu
abessive	muuttah	muuloittah
comitative	muunke	muuloinke
instructive		muuloiči
prolative	muuči

• Tatjana Boiko (2019), “muu”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN

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

muu

1. other

muu

1. (onomatopoeia) moo, the characteristic lowing sound made by cattle

muu

1. four

• John Stonham, Numerals and Incorporation in Nootka (1998)

Inherited from Latin mūlum. Doublet of mulo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuu/
• Rhymes: -uu
• Hyphenation: mu‧u

muu m (plural *muus, feminine mua, feminine plural muas)

1. male mule

   Synonyms: mũacho, mulo

2. (figurative, derogatory, sexuality) pathic; bottom (man who prefers the receptive role in anal sex)

• Fala: mú
• Portuguese: mu

• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “muu”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “muu”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “muu”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

muu

1. alternative form of mu

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

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
• Rhymes: -uː
• Hyphenation: muu

muu

1. other, another

muu

1. the other, others

Declension of muu (type I/maa, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	muu	muud
genitive	muu	muijõ
partitive	muutõ	muitõ
illative	muhhu, muhusõ	muisõ
inessive	muuz	muiz
elative	muussõ	muissõ
allative	muulõ	muilõ
adessive	muullõ	muillõ
ablative	muultõ	muiltõ
translative	muussi	muissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “muu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn