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muna
muna
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *muna, from Proto-Uralic *muna.
Noun
muna (genitive muna, partitive muna)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | muna | munad |
accusative | muna | munad |
genitive | muna | munade |
partitive | muna | mune munasid |
illative | munna munasse |
munadesse munesse |
inessive | munas | munades munes |
elative | munast | munadest munest |
allative | munale | munadele munele |
adessive | munal | munadel munel |
ablative | munalt | munadelt munelt |
translative | munaks | munadeks muneks |
terminative | munani | munadeni |
essive | munana | munadena |
abessive | munata | munadeta |
comitative | munaga | munadega |
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *muna, From Proto-Uralic *muna.
Noun
muna
- hen's egg
- any egg
- (vulgar) (singular) dick (****), (plural) balls (male genitals)
- ovum
- (slang) the guts, or more literally, the balls
- Onko sulla munaa tehdä se?
- Do you have the guts to do it?
- Onko sulla munaa tehdä se?
- ovoid (something egg-shaped, used especially in compound terms with a modifier that specifies the material)
Declension
Inflection of muna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | muna | munat | |
genitive | munan | munien | |
partitive | munaa | munia | |
illative | munaan | muniin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | muna | munat | |
accusative | nom. | muna | munat |
gen. | munan | ||
genitive | munan | munien munainrare |
|
partitive | munaa | munia | |
inessive | munassa | munissa | |
elative | munasta | munista | |
illative | munaan | muniin | |
adessive | munalla | munilla | |
ablative | munalta | munilta | |
allative | munalle | munille | |
essive | munana | munina | |
translative | munaksi | muniksi | |
instructive | — | munin | |
abessive | munatta | munitta | |
comitative | — | munineen |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- munapää
- munasolu
- munakas
- munakokkeli
- munanmuotoinen
- munata
- munavoi
- munia
- pääsiäismuna
- suklaamuna
- uppomuna
Etymology 2
Pronoun
muna
- (colloquial) Essive form of mä.
Synonyms
- (standard language) minuna
Anagrams
Gothic
Romanization
muna
- Romanization of 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmʏːna/
- Rhymes: -ʏːna
Etymology 1
From Old Norse muna, from Proto-Germanic *munaną. Cognate with Faroese muna.
Verb
muna (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative man, third-person singular past indicative mundi, supine munað)
- (with accusative) to remember
- Ég man ekki hvað hann heitir.
- I can't remember what his name is.
- Ég man ekki.
- I can't remember.
- Ég man ekki hvað hann heitir.
Etymology 2
Related to munur (“difference”).
Verb
muna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative munaði, supine munað)
- (impersonal, with dative) to differ (by a certain margin)
- (impersonal) to make a difference (used with the preposition um + the thing that makes a difference)
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *munaną (“to think, consider, remember”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Old English ġemunan, Old Saxon munan, Old High German munan, Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌽 (munan).
Verb
muna (singular past indicative mundi, plural past indicative mundu, past participle munaðr)
- to remember
Conjugation
infinitive | muna | |
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present participle | munandi | |
past participle | munaðr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | man | munda |
2nd-person singular | mant | mundir |
3rd-person singular | man | mundi |
1st-person plural | munum | mundum |
2nd-person plural | munið | munduð |
3rd-person plural | muna | mundu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | muna | mynda |
2nd-person singular | munir | myndir |
3rd-person singular | muni | myndi |
1st-person plural | munim | myndim |
2nd-person plural | munið | myndið |
3rd-person plural | muni | myndi |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | mun | |
1st-person plural | munum | |
2nd-person plural | munuð |
Descendants
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *muna, from Proto-Uralic *muna.
Noun
muna
Inflection
Inflection of muna | |||
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nominative sing. | muna | ||
genitive sing. | munan | ||
partitive sing. | munad | ||
partitive plur. | munid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | muna | munad | |
accusative | munan | munad | |
genitive | munan | muniden | |
partitive | munad | munid | |
essive-instructive | munan | munin | |
translative | munaks | munikš | |
inessive | munas | muniš | |
elative | munaspäi | munišpäi | |
illative | ? | munihe | |
adessive | munal | munil | |
ablative | munalpäi | munilpäi | |
allative | munale | munile | |
abessive | munata | munita | |
comitative | munanke | munidenke | |
prolative | munadme | munidme | |
approximative I | munanno | munidenno | |
approximative II | munannoks | munidennoks | |
egressive | munannopäi | munidennopäi | |
terminative I | ? | munihesai | |
terminative II | munalesai | munilesai | |
terminative III | munassai | — | |
additive I | ? | munihepäi | |
additive II | munalepäi | munilepäi |
Derived terms
- munarič
- dubmuna
- häčämuna
- südäimuna
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “яйцо”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *muna, from Proto-Uralic *muna.
Noun
muna (genitive munaa, partitive [please provide])
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
References
- "muna" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat
Võro
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *muna, from Proto-Uralic *muna.
Noun
muna (genitive muna, partitive munna)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.