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mui
mui
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mœy̯/
Etymology
Contraction of muide.
Noun
mui f (plural muien, diminutive muitje n)
Synonyms
- (break in a sandbar): suatiegeul
- (rip current): muistroom
Old Portuguese
Etymology
Apocope of muito, from Latin multus (“very”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuj/
Adverb
mui
- very
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 26 (facsimile):
- e logo chegar..a alma tomar demões q̇ a leuarõ. mui toſte ſẽ tardar
- and soon devils arrived, seizing the soul, and took it very quickly without delay
- e logo chegar..a alma tomar demões q̇ a leuarõ. mui toſte ſẽ tardar
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 26 (facsimile):