muna

See also: Appendix:Variations of "muna"

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

• mun-a
• nguna, ngun-a

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *um-unah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *unah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuʔna/ [ˈmuʔ.n̪a]
• IPA^(key): /muʔˈna/ [muʔˈn̪a]
• Hyphenation: mu‧na

Particle

mûna or mùna (Basahan spelling ᜋᜓᜈ)

1. Used to indicate something to be done for a moment

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse móna, from Proto-Germanic *mōmǭ. Cognate with Icelandic móna, Swedish muna.

Noun

muna f

1. mother, mama

Declension

Declension of muna

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	muna	muną	muner	munur
accusative	munu	munų	muner	munur
dative	munu	munun(e)	munum	munum(e)
genitive	munes *	mununes	—	munumes

* Takes the ending -er after the preposition "et".

Ese

Noun

muna

1. stone

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muna, from Proto-Uralic *muna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmunɑ/, [ˈmunɑ]
• Hyphenation: mu‧na
• Rhymes: -unɑ

Noun

muna (genitive muna, partitive muna)

1. egg
2. (vulgar, in the plural) balls, testicles

Declension

Declension of muna (ÕS type 17e/kivi, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		muna	munad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	muna
genitive			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

• kanamuna
• munand
• munn

 

References

• “muna”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN

Faroese

Etymology 1

From Old Norse muna, from Proto-Germanic *munaną.

Verb

muna (third person singular past indicative munaði, third person plural past indicative munaðu, supine munað)

1. to keep in one's memory, remember

Conjugation

Conjugation of muna (group v-30)
infinitive	muna
supine	munað
participle (a6)1	munandi	munaður
	present	past
first singular	muni	munaði
second singular	munar	munaði
third singular	munar	munaði
plural	muna	munaðu
	imperative
singular	muna!
plural	munið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Etymology 2

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

Verb

muna (third person singular past indicative munti or munaði, third person plural past indicative muntu or munaðu, supine munað)

1. to cause an obvious change or alteration
2. to have an effect, make a difference, have an impact
3. to have an influence on
4. to be sufficient or enough

Conjugation

Conjugation of muna (group v-29)
infinitive	muna
supine	munað
participle (a5 (a39))1	munandi	muntur
	present	past
first singular	muni	munti
second singular	munar	munti
third singular	munar	munti
plural	muna	muntu
	imperative
singular	muna!
plural	munið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Conjugation of muna (group v-30)
infinitive	muna
supine	munað
participle (a6)1	munandi	munaður
	present	past
first singular	muni	munaði
second singular	munar	munaði
third singular	munar	munaði
plural	muna	munaðu
	imperative
singular	muna!
plural	munið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmunɑ/, [ˈmunɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -unɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mu‧na

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *muna (“egg; ? penis, testes”), from Proto-Uralic *muna (“egg; ? penis, testes”).

Noun

muna

1. egg

   Hyponym: kananmuna (“chicken egg”)

   1. ovum, egg cell

      Synonym: munasolu

   2. ovoid (something egg-shaped, used especially in compound terms with a modifier that specifies the material)

      Synonym: ovoidi

2. Meanings related to male genitalia:
   1. (vulgar) dick (penis)

      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:siitin

   2. (somewhat vulgar, in the plural) testicle(s), ball(s)

      Synonyms: see kives

   3. (colloquial) guts, balls (courage)

      Synonyms: kantti, pää

      Onko sulla munaa tehdä se?

      Do you have the balls to do it?

Declension

Inflection of muna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
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 munain rare
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
abessive		munatta	munitta
instructive		—	munin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of muna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative munani munani accusative nom. munani munani gen. munani genitive munani munieni munaini rare partitive munaani muniani inessive munassani munissani elative munastani munistani illative munaani muniini adessive munallani munillani ablative munaltani muniltani allative munalleni munilleni essive munanani muninani translative munakseni munikseni abessive munattani munittani instructive — — comitative — munineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative munasi munasi accusative nom. munasi munasi gen. munasi genitive munasi muniesi munaisi rare partitive munaasi muniasi inessive munassasi munissasi elative munastasi munistasi illative munaasi muniisi adessive munallasi munillasi ablative munaltasi muniltasi allative munallesi munillesi essive munanasi muninasi translative munaksesi muniksesi abessive munattasi munittasi instructive — — comitative — muninesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative munamme munamme accusative nom. munamme munamme gen. munamme genitive munamme muniemme munaimme rare partitive munaamme muniamme inessive munassamme munissamme elative munastamme munistamme illative munaamme muniimme adessive munallamme munillamme ablative munaltamme muniltamme allative munallemme munillemme essive munanamme muninamme translative munaksemme muniksemme abessive munattamme munittamme instructive — — comitative — muninemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative munanne munanne accusative nom. munanne munanne gen. munanne genitive munanne munienne munainne rare partitive munaanne munianne inessive munassanne munissanne elative munastanne munistanne illative munaanne muniinne adessive munallanne munillanne ablative munaltanne muniltanne allative munallenne munillenne essive munananne muninanne translative munaksenne muniksenne abessive munattanne munittanne instructive — — comitative — muninenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative munansa munansa accusative nom. munansa munansa gen. munansa genitive munansa muniensa munainsa rare partitive munaansa muniaan muniansa inessive munassaan munassansa munissaan munissansa elative munastaan munastansa munistaan munistansa illative munaansa muniinsa adessive munallaan munallansa munillaan munillansa ablative munaltaan munaltansa muniltaan muniltansa allative munalleen munallensa munilleen munillensa essive munanaan munanansa muninaan muninansa translative munakseen munaksensa munikseen muniksensa abessive munattaan munattansa munittaan munittansa instructive — — comitative — munineen muninensa

Derived terms

• -munainen
• munaisa
• munakas
• munata
• munaton
• munia
• munuainen

 

compounds

• alkumuna
• ankanmuna
• hanhenmuna
• kananmuna
• koristemuna
• kultamuna
• kuukunanmuna
• käenmuna
• käärmeenmuna
• linnunmuna
• maamuna
• muna-asento
• munahammas
• munahampurilainen
• munahapero
• munahaukka
• munahedelmä
• munaitiö
• munajauhe
• munajohdin
• munajuusto
• munakalvo
• munakana
• munakastike
• munakello
• munakenno
• munakoiso
• munakokkeli
• munakokoelma
• munakotelo
• munakuppi
• munakäsikranaatti
• munaleikkuri
• munalikööri
• munalisä
• munalukko
• munalusikka
• munamaito
• munamakaroni
• munamankeli
• munanasetin
• munanivel
• munanjohdin
• munankeitin
• munankeltuainen
• munankuori
• munanlasku
• munanleikkuri
• munanlutkuttaja
• munanmittaus
• munanmuotoinen
• munanruskuainen
• munanvalkuainen
• munapasta
• munapesäke
• munapistin
• munapussi
• munapää
• munarakkula
• munarauhanen
• munasampoo
• munasarja
• munashampoo
• munasiitos
• munaskuu
• muna-sokerivaahto
• munasolu
• munasuojat
• munasäkki
• munatiehyt
• munatorttu
• munatorvi
• munatoti
• munavaahto
• munavelli
• munavoi
• munienkeruu
• munitusmuna
• muurahaisenmuna
• mätimuna
• mätämuna
• nahkamuna
• pesämuna
• pääsiäismuna
• sammakonmuna
• silmämuna
• suklaamuna
• surumuna
• tuhkamuna
• tuulimuna
• täinmuna
• uppomuna
• viiriäisenmuna

 

Further reading

• “muna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Pronoun

muna

1. (colloquial) essive singular of mä

   Synonym: minuna (standard language)

Anagrams

• Manu, manu, maun, namu

Gothic

Romanization

muna

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʏːna/
• Rhymes: -ʏːna

Etymology 1

From Old Norse muna, from Proto-Germanic *munaną. Cognate with Faroese muna & English mind.

Verb

muna (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative man, third-person singular past indicative mundi, supine munað)

1. (transitive, 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.

Conjugation

muna — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að muna
supine (sagnbót)		munað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		munandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég man	við munum	present (nútíð)	ég muni	við munum
	þú manst	þið munið		þú munir	þið munið
	hann, hún, það man	þeir, þær, þau muna		hann, hún, það muni	þeir, þær, þau muni
past (þátíð)	ég mundi	við mundum	past (þátíð)	ég myndi	við myndum
	þú mundir	þið munduð		þú myndir	þið mynduð
	hann, hún, það mundi	þeir, þær, þau mundu		hann, hún, það myndi	þeir, þær, þau myndu
imperative (boðháttur)	mun (þú)	munið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	munðu	muniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Etymology 2

Related to munur (“difference”).

Verb

muna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative munaði, supine munað)

1. (impersonal, with dative) to differ (by a certain margin)
2. (impersonal) to make a difference (used with the preposition um + the thing that makes a difference)

Conjugation

muna — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að muna
supine (sagnbót)		munað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		munandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég muna	við munum	present (nútíð)	ég muni	við munum
	þú munar	þið munið		þú munir	þið munið
	hann, hún, það munar	þeir, þær, þau muna		hann, hún, það muni	þeir, þær, þau muni
past (þátíð)	ég munaði	við munuðum	past (þátíð)	ég munaði	við munuðum
	þú munaðir	þið munuðuð		þú munaðir	þið munuðuð
	hann, hún, það munaði	þeir, þær, þau munuðu		hann, hún, það munaði	þeir, þær, þau munuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	muna (þú)	munið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	munaðu	muniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

munast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að munast
supine (sagnbót)		munast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		munandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég munast	við munumst	present (nútíð)	ég munist	við munumst
	þú munast	þið munist		þú munist	þið munist
	hann, hún, það munast	þeir, þær, þau munast		hann, hún, það munist	þeir, þær, þau munist
past (þátíð)	ég munaðist	við munuðumst	past (þátíð)	ég munaðist	við munuðumst
	þú munaðist	þið munuðust		þú munaðist	þið munuðust
	hann, hún, það munaðist	þeir, þær, þau munuðust		hann, hún, það munaðist	þeir, þær, þau munuðust
imperative (boðháttur)	munast (þú)	munist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	munastu	munisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

munaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	munaður	munuð	munað		munaðir	munaðar	munuð
accusative (þolfall)	munaðan	munaða	munað		munaða	munaðar	munuð
dative (þágufall)	munuðum	munaðri	munuðu		munuðum	munuðum	munuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	munaðs	munaðrar	munaðs		munaðra	munaðra	munaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	munaði	munaða	munaða		munuðu	munuðu	munuðu
accusative (þolfall)	munaða	munuðu	munaða		munuðu	munuðu	munuðu
dative (þágufall)	munaða	munuðu	munaða		munuðu	munuðu	munuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	munaða	munuðu	munaða		munuðu	munuðu	munuðu

Ingrian

Muna (1).

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muna, from Proto-Uralic *muna. Cognates include Finnish muna and Estonian muna.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmunɑ/, [ˈmunɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmunɑ/, [ˈmunɑ]
• Rhymes: -unɑ
• Hyphenation: mu‧na

Noun

muna

1. egg
2. testicle
3. bump, swelling
4. Short for maamuna.
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 8:

     Kolhosaas kaivetaa munnaa.

     In the kolkhoz potatoes are harvested.

5. Synonym of tuppu (“bun”)

Declension

Declension of muna (type 3/koira, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	muna	munat
genitive	munan	munniin
partitive	munnaa	munnia
illative	munnaa	munnii
inessive	munas	munis
elative	munast	munist
allative	munalle	munille
adessive	munal	munil
ablative	munalt	munilt
translative	munaks	muniks
essive	munanna, munnaan	muninna, munniin
exessive1)	munant	munint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• (bump): muhku, pahko

Derived terms

• (diminutive) munain

• emämuna
• kananmuna
• kulkkumuna
• kuvemuna
• latvamuna
• maamuna
• munakakku
• munakooppa
• munalaatka
• munalohko
• munalukku
• munanvalkulain
• munanvarsi
• munapesä
• munapudro
• munita
• munnia
• nahkamuna
• selkämuna
• silmämuna
• sinimuna
• syänmuna
• tedrinmuna
• tulimuna
• varamuna

 

See also

• kellit (“scrotum, testes”)

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 318
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[2], →ISBN, page 73

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmˠʊnˠə/

Conjunction

muna

1. Alternative form of mura

Particle

muna (copular form used before consonants, form used before vowels munab)

1. Alternative form of mura

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “muna”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Livonian

Alternative forms

• munā (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muna, from Proto-Uralic *muna.

Noun

muna

1. egg

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muna, from Proto-Uralic *muna.

Noun

muna

1. egg

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic مُونَة (mūna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.na/

Noun

muna f (plural mwejjen)

1. food provision

Derived terms

• muni

 

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• mune (e infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse munu.

Verb

muna (present tense mun, past tense munde, past participle munt, imperative mun)

1. (archaic) to be feasible or possible

Derived terms

• mun tru

Related terms

• minne

References

• “muna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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)

1. to remember
   • Vǫluspá, verse 2, lines 1-2, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1:

     Ek man jötna / ár um borna, […]

     I remember giants / born long ago, […]

Conjugation

Conjugation of muna (preterite-present)

infinitive	muna
present participle	munandi
past participle	munað
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	munuð	munduð
3rd-person plural	munu	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

• Faroese: muna
• Icelandic: muna

See also

• munu

References

• “muna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Verb

muna

1. inflection of munir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

muna

1. inflection of munir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• mona — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *um-unah (“go first”). Equivalent to apheresis of um- +‎ una. Alternatively, possibly from ma- +‎ una.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmuna/ [ˈmuː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: mu‧na

Adverb

muna (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜈ)

1. for a while; for a moment; for the time being; a minute (when the nature of the anticipated change is not expressed)

   Puwede bang tumayo ka muna?

   Can you stand up for a while?

   Teka muna.

   Wait a minute.

2. first (when the nature of the anticipated change is expressed or clearly implied)

   Bago siya mag-aral ng leksiyon, nagbabasa muna siya ng diyaryo.

   Before he studies his lessons, he reads newspapers first.

3. yet (used after negative imperatives and hortatives)

   Huwag ka munang kumain.

   Don't eat yet.

   Huwag muna tayong umalis.

   Let's not leave yet.

Derived terms

• temuna

 

See also

• balho
• samantala

 

Verb

muna (complete nuna, progressive nununa, contemplative uuna, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜈ) (obsolete)

1. Alternative form of umuna: to go first; to go ahead

   Muna ka na.

   You go ahead.

Further reading

• “muna”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*unah”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Schachter, Paul, Otanes, Fe T. (1972) A Tagalog Reference Grammar, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 424

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muna, from Proto-Uralic *muna.

Noun

muna

1. egg

Inflection

Inflection of muna (inflection type 6/kuva)
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	munaha	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	munahasai	munihesai
terminative II	munalesai	munilesai
terminative III	munassai	—
additive I	munahapäi	munihepäi
additive II	munalepäi	munilepäi

Derived terms

• dubmuna
• häčämuna
• munarič
• südäimuna

 

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “яйцо”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ‎^[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muna, from Proto-Uralic *muna.

Noun

muna (genitive muna, partitive munna)

1. egg

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muna, from Proto-Uralic *muna.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmunɑ/, [ˈmunɑ]
• Rhymes: -unɑ
• Hyphenation: mu‧na

Noun

muna

1. egg

Inflection

Declension of muna (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	muna	munad
genitive	muna	munijõ, munii
partitive	munna	muniitõ, munii
illative	munnasõ, munna	muniisõ
inessive	munaz	muniiz
elative	munassõ	muniissõ
allative	munalõ	muniilõ
adessive	munallõ	muniillõ
ablative	munaltõ	muniiltõ
translative	munassi	muniissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

Derived terms

• maamuna

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat, 2nd edition, Tallinn

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	muna
Brazilian standard	muna
New Tribes	muna

Alternative forms

• muuna (Brazil)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [muna]

Noun

muna

1. the boto or Amazon River dolphin, Inia geoffrensis

Descendants

• → Sanumá: mõna

References

• Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “muuna”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎^[4], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
• Alberto Rodriguez, Nalúa Rosa Silva Monterrey, Hernán Castellanos, et al., editors (2012), “muna”, in Ye’kwana-Sanema Nüchü’tammeküdü Medewadinña Tüwötö’se’totojo‎^[5] (overall work in Ye'kwana and Spanish), Forest Peoples Programme, →ISBN, page 125
• Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎^[6], Santa Barbara: University of California, page 189: “muna”