mungo

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English

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Noun

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mungo (countable and uncountable, plural mungos or mungoes)

  1. 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.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From German Mungo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmuŋːo/, [ˈmuŋːo̞]
  • Rhymes: -uŋːo
  • Syllabification(key): mun‧go

Noun

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mungo

  1. mongoose of the genus Herpestes
  2. Indian grey mongoose, Urva edwardsii formerly Herpestes edwardsii

Declension

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Inflection of mungo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative mungo mungot
genitive mungon mungojen
partitive mungoa mungoja
illative mungoon mungoihin
singular plural
nominative mungo mungot
accusative nom. mungo mungot
gen. mungon
genitive mungon mungojen
partitive mungoa mungoja
inessive mungossa mungoissa
elative mungosta mungoista
illative mungoon mungoihin
adessive mungolla mungoilla
ablative mungolta mungoilta
allative mungolle mungoille
essive mungona mungoina
translative mungoksi mungoiksi
abessive mungotta mungoitta
instructive — mungoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
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

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Further reading

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Italian

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Verb

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mungo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mungere

Macanese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mungo

  1. mung bean

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Slovene

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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mȗngo m anim

  1. mongoose (a small carnivore of the family Herpesidae)

Inflection

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 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. múngo
gen. sing. múnga
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		múngo múnga múngi
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		múnga múngov múngov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		múngu múngoma múngom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		múngo múnga múnge
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		múngu múngih múngih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		múngom múngoma múngi

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmunɡo/ [ˈmũŋ.ɡo]
  • Rhymes: -unɡo
  • Syllabification: mun‧go

Noun

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mungo m (plural mungos)

  1. mung bean
    Synonyms: judía mungo, poroto mungo
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