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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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.