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mus

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mus

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Muscogee.

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English

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mus

  1. plural of mu

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Afrikaans

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From Dutch muts, from Middle Dutch mutse.

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mus (plural musse)

  1. soft brimless hat, tuque

Asturian

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mus

  1. interjection used to call cats

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Basque

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Etymology

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From earlier mux, probably from French mouche (“fly”).[1] However, compare musu (“kiss”).[2][3]

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mus inan

  1. (card games) A traditional Basque card game.

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  1. ^ “mus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  2. ^ casino.es
  3. ^ Larramendi, Manuel (1754): Corografía de Guipuzcoa

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse mús, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s.

The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

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mus c (singular definite musen, plural indefinite mus)

  1. mouse (animal)
  2. mouse (for a computer)

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Declension of mus
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mus musen mus musene
genitive mus' musens mus' musenes

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Dutch

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Een paar mussen op een geliefde voederplaats. — A couple of sparrows on a favourite foraging location.
 
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From Middle Dutch mussche, from Old Dutch musca, from Latin muscio, derived from musca (“fly”).

Cognate with Limburgish mösj, Central Franconian Mösch, Mesch, Luxembourgish Mësch.

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mus f (plural mussen, diminutive musje n)

  1. sparrow, bird of the family Passeridae, especially of the genus Passer and a few smaller genera

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  • Afrikaans: mossie
  • → Papiamentu: mùs

Fala

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”).

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  • IPA(key): /mus/
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Syllabification: mus

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mus

  1. (Lagarteiru) First person plural dative and accusative pronoun; us

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Fala personal pronouns
nominative dative accusative disjunctive
first person singular ei me, -mi mi
plural common nos musL
nusLV
nos, -nusM 		nos
masculine noshotrusM noshotrusM
feminine noshotrasM noshotrasM
second person singular tú te, -ti ti
plural common vos vusLV
vos, -vusM 		vos
masculine voshotrusM voshotrusM
feminine voshotrasM voshotrasM
third person singular masculine el le, -li uLV, oM el
feminine ela a ela
plural masculine elis usLV, osM elis
feminine elas as elas
reflexive — se, -si sí

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  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

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mus

  1. first/second-person singular past historic of mouvoir

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mus m pl

  1. masculine plural of mû

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mus (plural muses)

  1. mouse
    Synonym: mure

Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s. Cognates include Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs), Sanskrit मूष् (mū́ṣ), Old English mūs (English mouse), Old High German mūs (German Maus), Proto-Slavic *myšь (Russian мышь (myšʹ)).

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mūs m or f (genitive mūris); third declension

  1. a mouse, rat
    • c. 197 BCE, Plautus, Persa 1.2.6:
      quasi mures semper edere alienum cibum
      Like mice they always ate the food of other people
  2. the sea mouse (Aphrodita aculeata)
  3. (New Latin) a computer mouse

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Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mūs mūrēs
Genitive mūris mūrium
Dative mūrī mūribus
Accusative mūrem mūrēs
mūrīs
Ablative mūre mūribus
Vocative mūs mūrēs

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  • Padanian:
    • ⇒ Lombard: muson (“shrew”)
    • ⇒ Piedmontese: musèt (“shrew”); muson (“shrew, mole”)
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
    • ⇒ Franco-Provençal: musèt (“shrew”)
  • → Translingual: Mus

References

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  • “mus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “mus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “mus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • “mus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Lithuanian

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mùs

  1. first-person plural accusative of mes

Maltese

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Root
m-w-s
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From Arabic مُوسًى (mūsan). Compare Moroccan Arabic موس (mūs), Libyan Arabic موس (mūs).

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mus m (plural mwies)

  1. pocket knife, folding knife, jack-knife, switchblade

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Maonan

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mus

  1. pig

Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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From French mouche.

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mus

  1. fly

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  • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Middle English

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mus

  1. Alternative form of mous

Middle High German

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Etymology

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    From Old High German mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s.

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    • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈmuːs̠/

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    mūs f

    1. mouse

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    Declension of mūs (feminine, class 2 strong)
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein diu mūs die miuse
    genitive einer dër miuse, mūs dër miuse
    dative einer dër miuse, mūs dën miusen
    accusative eine die mūs die miuse

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    • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “MÛS”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
    • "mūs" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

    Northern Sami

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    • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmuːs/

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    mūs

    1. locative of mun

    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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    From Old Norse mús.

    The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

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    mus m or f (definite singular musen or musa, indefinite plural mus, definite plural musene)

    1. mouse (rodent)
      Jeg håper det ikke er mus i huset.
      I hope there aren't any mice in the house.
    2. mouse (computing)
      Venstreklikk med musa di.
      Left click with your mouse.
    4. (colloquial, vulgar, anatomy) pussy (female genitalia)
      Mus er noe jenter har mellom beina.
      A pussy is something girls have between their legs.

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    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    husmus (Mus musculus)
     
    datamus

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    From Old Norse mús (nominative and accusative plurals mýss), from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s. The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse, a coinage.

    Germanic cognates include Icelandic mús, Faroese mús, Danish mus, Swedish mus, German Maus, German Low German Muus, Dutch muis, and English mouse. Indo-European cognates include Albanian mi, Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs), Armenian մուկ (muk), Hindi मूस (mūs), Latin mūs, Persian موش, and Russian мышь (myšʹ).

    (computing): Semantic loan from English mouse.

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    mus f (definite singular musa, indefinite plural myser or mus, definite plural mysene or musene)

    2. (rodent) a mouse
    4. (colloquial, vulgar, anatomy) pussy (female genitalia)
    6. (computing) computer mouse

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    • This noun is often used in compounds as a first part to emphasize little size.

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    • “mus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
    • “mus”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
    • “mus” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

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    Old English

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s.

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    mūs f

    1. mouse
    2. muscle

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    Declension of mūs (strong consonant stem)
    Case Singular Plural
    nominative mūs mȳs
    accusative mūs mȳs
    genitive mȳs, mūse mūsa
    dative mȳs mūsum

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    Old High German

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    Etymology

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      From Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s.

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      mūs f

      1. mouse

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      Declension of mūs (feminine i-stem)
      case singular plural
      nominative mūs mūsi
      accusative mūs mūsi
      genitive mūsi mūso
      dative mūsi mūsim, mūsen

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      Old Saxon

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s.

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      mūs f

      1. mouse

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      Declension of mūs (irregular)
      singular plural
      nominative mūs mūs
      accusative musi musi
      genitive musi musi
      dative mūsiō mūsium
      instrumental — —


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      • Middle Low German: mûs

      Old Swedish

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      Etymology

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      From Old Norse mús, from Proto-Germanic *mūs.

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      mūs f

      1. mouse

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      Declension of mūs (consonant stem)
      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative mūs mūsin mȳs mȳssinar, -ena(r)
      accusative mūs mūsina, -ena mȳs mȳssinar, -ena(r)
      dative mūs mūsinni, -inne mūsum, -om mūsumin, -omen
      genitive mūsa(r) inna(r) mūsa mūsanna

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      Polish

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      Etymology 1

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      Deverbal from musieć.

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      mus m inan

      1. (colloquial) constraint, coercion, must
        Synonym: przymus
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      Declension of mus
      singular
      nominative mus
      genitive musu
      dative musowi
      accusative mus
      instrumental musem
      locative musie
      vocative musie

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      Borrowed from German Mousse.

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      mus m inan

      1. mousse (airy pudding served chilled)
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      Declension of mus
      singular plural
      nominative mus musy
      genitive musu musów
      dative musowi musom
      accusative mus musy
      instrumental musem musami
      locative musie musach
      vocative musie musy

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      • mus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
      • mus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
      • mus in PWN's encyclopedia
      • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “mus”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN

      Romanian

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from French mousse.

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      mus m (plural muși)

      1. cabin boy

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      Declension of mus
      singular plural
      indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
      nominative/accusative (un) mus musul (niște) muși mușii
      genitive/dative (unui) mus musului (unor) muși mușilor
      vocative musule mușilor

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Basque mus.[1][2]

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      • IPA(key): /ˈmus/ [ˈmus]
      • Rhymes: -us
      • Syllabification: mus

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      mus m (uncountable)

      1. (card games) a card game that is very popular in Spain

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      1. ^ https://www.casino.es/mus/historia-mus/
      2. ^ Larramendi, Manuel (1754): Corografía de Guipuzcoa

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      Sranan Tongo

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      Etymology

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      From English must.

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      mus

      1. (auxiliary) to have to, must

      Swedish

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      en mus (husmus (“house mouse”))

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      From Old Swedish mūs, from Old Norse mús, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s (“mouse”).

      The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

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      mus c

      1. mouse; small rodent of the genus Mus; especially species Mus musculus
      2. (computing) a computer mouse; an input device
      3. (colloquial) a pussy; female genitalia

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      Declension of mus 1, 2
      nominative genitive
      singular indefinite mus mus
      definite musen musens
      plural indefinite möss möss
      definite mössen mössens
      Declension of mus 3
      nominative genitive
      singular indefinite mus mus
      definite musen musens
      plural indefinite musar musars
      definite musarna musarnas

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      female genitalia
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      animal
      computers

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      Unami

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa.

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      mus anim (plural musàk)

      1. elk, moose

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      mus

      1. (Chipilo) donkey

      White Hmong

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Hmong *n-mʉŋᴮ (“to go”), from Proto-Hmong-Mien *n-mʉŋ(X) (“id”).[1] Cognate with Proto-Mien *n-mɨŋᴬ (“id”), whence Iu Mien mingh.

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      mus

      1. to go

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      mus

      1. shoo!

      References

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      • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[3], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 132.
      1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 30; 276.
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