maun
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle English mau(e)n, mowen, from Old English magon, plural present indicative of magan (“to be able to, may”). More at mow, may.
=== Verb ===
maun
(intransitive, obsolete) To have to; must.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:maun.
=== Anagrams ===
Amun, Man U, Manu, NUMA, Numa, Uman
== Chuukese ==
=== Noun ===
maun
war
== Finnish ==
=== Noun ===
maun
genitive singular of maku
=== Anagrams ===
Manu, manu, muna, namu
== Malay ==
=== Etymology ===
Blend of makan (“eat”) + daun (“leaf”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Malaysian) IPA(key): /ma.on/
(Bahasa Baku) IPA(key): /ma.un/
=== Noun ===
maun (Jawi spelling ماون, plural maun-maun or maun2)
(neologism) herbivore
Synonym: herbivor
=== Further reading ===
"maun" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
== Romansh ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin manus.
=== Noun ===
maun m (plural mauns)
(anatomy) hand
== Scots ==
=== Alternative forms ===
mun, man, mon
=== Etymology ===
From Early Scots man, from Middle English mone (“shall, must”), from Old Norse mun, man, first and third person singular indicative of Old Norse munu (“shall, will; must”), from Proto-Germanic *munaną.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [mɑːn], [mɔːn], [mən], [mʌn]
(Northern Scots, Insular Scots) IPA(key): [maːn]
=== Verb ===
maun (negative maunna)
(modal auxiliary, defective) must
=== Noun ===
maun (plural mauns)
compulsion, authority, necessity
=== Verb ===
maun (negative maunna, past maunt, past participle maunt)
to manage, effect, succeed in
to master, overcome, control, have or establish authority over, issue commands in an imperious or authoritative manner, boss about
== Turkish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
mahun
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French mahagoni.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /maˈun/
=== Noun ===
maun (definite accusative maunu, plural maunlar)
mahogany, any tree of the species Swietenia mahagoni and its valuable wood used to make furniture
Synonym: akaju
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“maun”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “maun”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “maun”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3083
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “maun”, in Nişanyan Sözlük