# mua
## Albanian
### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *moN, from Proto-Indo-European *me- (“me”).

### Pronoun

mua
* (to) me

#### Related terms

* meje
* më

## Anuta
### Adjective

mua
* front

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mua
    (Zhuyin): ˙ㄇㄨㄚ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mua
*** Zhuyin: ˙ㄇㄨㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: muå
*** Wade–Giles: mua$^5$
*** Yale: mwa
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .mua
*** Palladius: муа (mua)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu̯ä/

### Interjection

mua
* (Mainland China, neologism, slang, onomatopoeic) mwah

## Fijian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Oceanic *muqa from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *muqa (compare with Iban mua).

#### Verb

mua (mua)
* to head to somewhere

#### Verb

mua (vakamua)
* to steer, to helm

#### Noun

mua
* side or end of a land

#### References

* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “muqa.a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 420-1

#### Further reading

* Gatty, Ronald (2009) “mua”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 175

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

mua
* sailor, mariner

## Finnish
### Pronoun

mua
* (colloquial) partitive singular of mä

### See also

* minua

### Anagrams

* -uma, mau

## French
### Verb

mua
* third-person singular past historic of muer

## Galician
### Verb

mua
* (reintegrationist norm) inflection of muar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *muqa (“first, preceding” – compare with Maori mua, Tahitian mua, Tongan muʻa, Samoan mua), from Proto-Oceanic *muqa (“to be in front” – ompare with Fijian mua “to head somewhere”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *muqa (compare with Iban mua).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmu.a/, [ˈmu.wə]

### Noun

mua
* (locative noun) before, in front of, first, ahead, forward, in advance, future, front
    E inu ma mua o ka ʻai.Drink before eating.
* (locative noun) former, foremost, primary, principal
* (locative noun) previously, beforehand
* (locative noun) oldest, older sibling
* (locative noun) senior branch of a family
* (locative noun) leader, senior partner
* (locative noun) more than
* men’s eating house

#### Derived terms

* muamua
* ʻoumuamua

### References

* ↑ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “mua”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 255
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “muqa.a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 420-1

## Iban
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *muha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *muqa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mua/
* Hyphenation: mu‧a

### Noun

mua
* (anatomy) face

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Hokkien 鰻 / 鳗 (môa, “eel”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmua̯/
* Hyphenation: mua

### Noun

mua (plural mua-mua)
* eel
    Synonym: belut

### Further reading

* “mua” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish muad (“cloud, mist, fumes”), possibly from Proto-Celtic *moudo-.

### Noun

mua m (genitive singular mua, nominative plural muanna)
* clouded apparition, mysterious figure

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
mua
muanna
vocative
a mhua
a mhuanna
genitive
mua
muanna
dative
mua
muanna
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an mua
na muanna
genitive
an mhua
na muanna
dative
leis an mua don mhua
leis na muanna :

### 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) “mua”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Karelian

Regional variants of mua :
| North Karelian (Viena) | mua |
| South Karelian (Tver) | mua |

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmuɑ̯/
* Hyphenation: mua

### Noun

mua (genitive muan, partitive muata or muada)
* earth
* land
* soil

#### Derived terms

* muailma
* muakondie
* muamykrä / muamygrä

### References

* A. V. Punzhina (1994) “mua”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
* P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

## Livvi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmuɑ̯/
* Hyphenation: mua
* Rhymes: -uɑ̯

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

mua (genitive muan, partitive muadu)
* earth
* ground, soil
* world
* country
* place, region

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Related to Veps muja.

#### Noun

mua (genitive muan, partitive muadu)
* colour

##### Declension
### References

* Olga Žarinova (2012) Pagizemmo Karjalakse [Let's speak Karelian], St Petersburg, →ISBN, page 10
* Tatjana Boiko (2019) “mua”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN

## Ludian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maa. Cognates include Finnish maa and Veps ma.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmuɑ̯/
* Hyphenation: mua
* Rhymes: -uɑ̯

### Noun

mua
* earth
* country

#### Declension
### References

* Miikul Pahomov (2016) “mua”, in Учебный словарь литературного людиковского языка‎, page 29

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *muqa (“first, preceding” – compare with Tahitian mua, Tongan muʻa, Samoan mua), from Proto-Oceanic *muqa (“to be in front” – compare with Fijian mua “to head somewhere”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *muqa (compare with Iban mua “face”).

### Adverb

mua
* front, forward
ā mua
* to the future
o mua, i mua
* former, past, old

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 257-8
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “muqa.a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 420-1

### Further reading

* Williams, Herbert William (1917) “mua”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 248
* “mua” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Mauwake
### Noun

mua
* man

### Further reading

* Liisa Berghäll, A grammar of Mauwake (2015, →ISBN
* Mauwake - English dictionary (2007, SIL)

## Niuean
### Pronoun

mua
* 2nd person dual pronoun: you two

#### See also
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

mua f (definite singular mua, indefinite plural muer or muor, definite plural muene or muone)
* (pre-2012) alternative form of mue
* definite singular of mue

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* mũa, muha

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin mūla, from mūlus + -a. Doublet of mula.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmua/
* Rhymes: -ua
* Hyphenation: mu‧a

### Noun

mua f (plural muas)
* female equivalent of muu (“female mule”)
    Synonyms: mũacha, mula
** 13th century, Denis of Portugal, [cantiga 1537]; republished as Angelo Colocci, compiler, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Italy, c. 1525–1526, cantiga 1537:Leuoulho roçin e leixoulha muaHe stole his nag, leaving him his mule.

#### Descendants

* Fala: múa

### References

* Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “mua”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mua”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mua”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

mua class III (plural miwa class IV)
* Alternative spelling of muwa

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [muə˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [muə˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [muə˧˧]
* Audio (Saigon):(file)

### Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 務 (“to seek”, SV: vụ) (Haudricourt, 1954); cognate with Muong mua.
The common Vietic word for “to buy” is chác (from Proto-Vietic *caːk), now obsolete and mainly used in compounds. See also tậu, a Tai loanword, and sắm, which has originally meaning of "to prepare".

#### Verb

mua • (𧷸, 模, 謨, 𡃗)
* to buy; to purchase
    Synonyms: tậu, sắm
    Antonym: bán
* to bribe; to square
* to bring upon oneself; to court

##### Derived terms

* mua bán
* mua buôn
* mua chuộc
* mua dâm
* mua đường
* mua gom
* mua lẻ
* mua sắm
* mua sỉ
* mua việc
* mua vui
* sức mua
* thu mua
* trưng mua

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

(classifier cây) mua
* melastoma (genus Melastoma)