# mun
## Translingual
### Symbol

mun
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Munda languages.

## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mʌn/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌn

### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* maun

#### Verb

mun
* (dialect, Northern English, modal auxiliary, defective) Must.
** 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.

#### References

* ↑ “mun”, in Collins English Dictionary.

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-; compare mouth.

#### Noun

mun (plural muns)
* (obsolete, dialect) The mouth, jaw.
** 1847, J O Halliwell, Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial words:A common cry at Coventry on Good Friday is: One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns, / Butter them and sugar them and put them in your muns.

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

mun
* (UK, South Africa, dialectal) man

#### Pronoun

mun
* (UK, dialect, Devon, Somerset, obsolete) them
** 1746, Exmoor Courtship‎, published 1879, page 50:tha wut spudlee out the Yemors, and screedle over mun

#### References

* ↑ Wright, Joseph (1903) The English Dialect Dictionary‎, volume 4, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 204

### Etymology 4

Clipping of mundane.

#### Noun

mun (plural muns)
* (roleplaying games, Internet slang) The person who roleplays a character in a role-playing game, especially an online play-by-post one.
    Synonyms: roleplayer, RPer
    Hyponym: LARPer
** 1997 October 29, Jade [username], “Re: Male dragon in need of mate ^_^”, in alt.fan.dragons‎ (Usenet):Jade grabs a handful of brownies and nibbles on then, trying to keep her mun from reaching right to the screen to get some […]
** 1999 November 4, Milelarau [username], “Re: Roleplaying”, in alt.games.everquest‎ (Usenet):Wait a sec.... You mean.. this is a GAME?? And here I thought that nine tae five job my mun goes to everyday was a game and Norrath was my home..
** 2001 December 31, JamesStein, “Successfully Powering Down a Campaign”, in rec.games.frp.dnd‎ (Usenet):Any suggestions on how to successfully turn this into a good SL, which will bring the characters back into the range of normalcy, without leaving the muns feeling deprived of everything their characters earned?
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:mun.

### Anagrams

* Num., nmu, unm., num., num

## Dalmatian
### Etymology

From Latin manus.

### Noun

mun f
* (anatomy) hand

## Finnish
### Pronoun

mun
* (colloquial) genitive singular of mä
* (dialectal) accusative singular of mä

### See also

* minun

## Gothic
### Romanization

mun
* Romanization of 𐌼𐌿𐌽

## Icelandic
### Verb

mun
* singular first/third-person present indicative of munu

## Inari Sami
### Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monë.

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Pronoun

mun (genitive muu)
* I

### Further reading

* mun in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje‎, Tromsø: UiT
* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Irish
### Contraction

mun
* Contraction of um + an.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mun”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Iu Mien
### Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔmun (“illness, pain”). Cognate with White Hmong mob and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] mb.

### Noun

mun
* pain

## Kemi Sami
### Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monë.
Compare Inari Sami mun and Skolt Sami mon.

### Pronoun

mun (genitive mu)
* I
** 1889, A. Genetz, Journal de la Société finno-ougrienne (VII), Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran Kirjapainossa, page 116:Jos mun tåckå dzim kirdadzim Såäſt worodze Såäſt.If only I could fly with wings, crow's wings

## Mangas
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /màɣà/

### Pronoun

mun
* first person plural personal pronoun, we

### References

* Blench, Robert; Bulkaam, Michael (2021) An Introduction to Mantsi, a South Bauchi language of Central Nigeria. University of Cambridge.

## Middle English
### Verb

mun
* Alternative form of mone (“shall”)

## Northern Sami
### Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monë.

### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈmun/

### Pronoun

mun
* I

#### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

mun
* present tense of muna

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

mun m (plural munen)
* (pre-1938) alternative form of mon

## Old Norse
### Verb

mun
* inflection of munu:
** first/second/third-person singular present active indicative
** second-person singular present active imperative

## Polish
### Etymology

Perhaps from Vietnamese (cánh) mỏng.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmun/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -un
* Syllabification: mun

### Noun

mun m inan (indeclinable)
* (colloquial) Mun mushroom

### Further reading

* mun in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* mun in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Scots
### Verb

mun
* (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.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

mu + an.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mən/

### Preposition

mun
* about the, about their, about my, about whom, about which
* around the, around their, around my, around whom, around which
* concerning the, concerning their, concerning my, concerning whom, concerning which

#### Usage notes

* Considered somewhat high register in the sense of "about, concerning"; mu dheidhinn is more commonly used in normal register.

### See also

* mu

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “mun”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From English moon.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mun/

### Noun

mun
* moon
* month

#### Related terms

* munde

## Sumerian
### Romanization

mun
* Romanization of 𒁵 (mun)

## Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɵn/, [mɵnː]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

mun c
* (anatomy) a mouth
    morgonstund har guld i munthe morning hour has gold in its mouth (the early bird catches the worm)
    många munnar att mättamany mouths to feed

#### Synonyms

* käft (colloquial, mildly offensive)
* limpsax (“cakehole”)
* mund (archaic)

#### Related terms

* inmundiga
* mun-mot-mun-metoden
* munart
* munblåst
* mundiarré
* munfull
* mungiga
* mungipa
* munharmonika
* munhuggande
* munhuggas
* munhuggning
* munhygien
* munhåla
* munhäfta
* munkorg
* munlag
* munlås
* munläder
* munläsa
* munsbit
* munskydd
* munskänk
* munspel
* munstycke
* munstyv
* munsår
* munta
* muntlig
* muntligen
* muntorrhet
* muntur
* munvatten
* munvig
* munvinkel
* munväder

### References

* mun in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* mun in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* mun in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Svensk MeSH

## Tarifit
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Verb

mun (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵓⵏ)
* (intransitive) to accompany, to keep company
* (intransitive) to gather, to group, to assemble
* (intransitive) to escort

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

* Verbal noun: amuni (“uniting, gathering, meeting”)
* Causative: smun (“to gather, to unite”)
** Verbal noun: asmuni
* amuni (“comrade”)
* tmunet (“company, association”)
* rmunet (“supplies; salary”)

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English moon.

### Noun

mun
* moon
** 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:15:God i mekim kamap tupela bikpela lait. Bikpela em san bilong givim lait long de, na liklik em mun bilong givim lait long nait. Na God i mekim kamap ol sta tu.→New International Version translation
* month

## Torres Strait Creole
### Etymology

From English moon.

### Noun

mun
* moon

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ɓuːɲ (“ashes”). Cognate with Muong bunh.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [mun˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [mun˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [mʊwŋ͡m˧˧]

### Noun

mun • (門, 椚)
* (North Central Vietnam) ashes
    Synonyms: tro, gio
* (botany) ebony

### Adjective

mun • (門, 椚)
* (of a cat, otherwise rare) black
    Synonym: đen

### See also

* mực
* ô

## Volapük
### Noun

mun (nominative plural muns)
* moon (planetary satellite)

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only