# mungo
## English

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### Noun

mungo (countable and uncountable, plural mungos or mungoes)
* A material of short fiber and inferior quality obtained by deviling woollen rags or the remnants of woollen goods, specifically those of felted, milled, or hard-spun woollen cloth, as distinguished from shoddy, or the deviled product of loose-textured woollen goods or worsted.
** 1918, Henry J. Spooner, Wealth from Waste: Elimination of Waste A World Problem, George Routledge & Sons, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 200:Tailors' clippings and remnants of fine woollen goods, such as broadcloth, etc., are devilled and spun into yarn for making cloth of nicer quality, called mungo.

### See also

* mungo bean
* shoddy
* noil

### Anagrams

* Muong

## Finnish
### Etymology

From German Mungo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmuŋːo/, [ˈmuŋːo̞]
* Rhymes: -uŋːo
* Hyphenation: mun‧go

### Noun

mungo
* mongoose of the genus Herpestes
* Indian grey mongoose, Urva edwardsii formerly Herpestes edwardsii

#### Declension

Possessive forms of mungo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mungoni
mungoni
accusative
nom.
mungoni
mungoni
gen.
mungoni
genitive
mungoni
mungojeni
partitive
mungoani
mungojani
inessive
mungossani
mungoissani
elative
mungostani
mungoistani
illative
mungooni
mungoihini
adessive
mungollani
mungoillani
ablative
mungoltani
mungoiltani
allative
mungolleni
mungoilleni
essive
mungonani
mungoinani
translative
mungokseni
mungoikseni
abessive
mungottani
mungoittani
instructive
comitative
—mungoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mungosi
mungosi
accusative
nom.
mungosi
mungosi
gen.
mungosi
genitive
mungosi
mungojesi
partitive
mungoasi
mungojasi
inessive
mungossasi
mungoissasi
elative
mungostasi
mungoistasi
illative
mungoosi
mungoihisi
adessive
mungollasi
mungoillasi
ablative
mungoltasi
mungoiltasi
allative
mungollesi
mungoillesi
essive
mungonasi
mungoinasi
translative
mungoksesi
mungoiksesi
abessive
mungottasi
mungoittasi
instructive
comitative
—mungoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mungomme
mungomme
accusative
nom.
mungomme
mungomme
gen.
mungomme
genitive
mungomme
mungojemme
partitive
mungoamme
mungojamme
inessive
mungossamme
mungoissamme
elative
mungostamme
mungoistamme
illative
mungoomme
mungoihimme
adessive
mungollamme
mungoillamme
ablative
mungoltamme
mungoiltamme
allative
mungollemme
mungoillemme
essive
mungonamme
mungoinamme
translative
mungoksemme
mungoiksemme
abessive
mungottamme
mungoittamme
instructive
comitative
—mungoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mungonne
mungonne
accusative
nom.
mungonne
mungonne
gen.
mungonne
genitive
mungonne
mungojenne
partitive
mungoanne
mungojanne
inessive
mungossanne
mungoissanne
elative
mungostanne
mungoistanne
illative
mungoonne
mungoihinne
adessive
mungollanne
mungoillanne
ablative
mungoltanne
mungoiltanne
allative
mungollenne
mungoillenne
essive
mungonanne
mungoinanne
translative
mungoksenne
mungoiksenne
abessive
mungottanne
mungoittanne
instructive
comitative
—mungoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mungonsa
mungonsa
accusative
nom.
mungonsa
mungonsa
gen.
mungonsa
genitive
mungonsa
mungojensa
partitive
mungoaan mungoansa
mungojaan mungojansa
inessive
mungossaan mungossansa
mungoissaan mungoissansa
elative
mungostaan mungostansa
mungoistaan mungoistansa
illative
mungoonsa
mungoihinsa
adessive
mungollaan mungollansa
mungoillaan mungoillansa
ablative
mungoltaan mungoltansa
mungoiltaan mungoiltansa
allative
mungolleen mungollensa
mungoilleen mungoillensa
essive
mungonaan mungonansa
mungoinaan mungoinansa
translative
mungokseen mungoksensa
mungoikseen mungoiksensa
abessive
mungottaan mungottansa
mungoittaan mungoittansa
instructive
comitative
—mungoineen mungoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* egyptinmungo
* isomungo
* juovamungo
* juovaniskamungo
* lyhythäntämungo
* pikkumungo
* ravustajamungo
* ruostemungo
* suomungo

### Further reading

* “mungo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## Italian
### Verb

mungo
* first-person singular present indicative of mungere

## Macanese
### Etymology

From Hindi मूँग (mūṅg) (possibly via Indo-Portuguese), from Sanskrit मुद्ग (mudga). Compare Spanish mongo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmuŋ.ɡu/

### Noun

mungo
* mung bean

### References

* Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “mungo”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 490
* https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#m

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /múːnɡɔ/

### Noun

mȗngo m anim
* mongoose (a small carnivore of the family Herpesidae)