munu

== Apalaí == === Etymology === From Proto-Cariban *munu (“blood”). === Noun === munu blood == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse munu, monu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmʏːnʏ/ Rhymes: -ʏːnʏ === Verb === munu (first person singular present indicative mun, first person plural past subjunctive mundi or myndi) (auxiliary) will, shall ==== Conjugation ==== ==== See also ==== skulu == Makonde == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”). === Noun === munu class 1 (plural vanu) person, human being == Mbukushu == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”) === Noun === munu class 1 (plural hanu) person, individual, human being === References === R.C.Wynne (1980), English-Mbukushu Dictionary‎[1], Avebury Publishing Company Limited, page 384 == Mwani == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *muntu, from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu (“person”). === Noun === munu class 1 (plural wanu) person == Old Norse == === Etymology === A semantically differentiated variant of muna. === Verb === munu (third-person singular present indicative man or mun) (auxiliary verb) denoting futurity will, shall denoting what is probable or pretty certain (past tense) would, must ==== Usage notes ==== When auxiliary to a copula, the copula may be left out. Along with only two other verbs (skulu and vilja), munu has a special past tense infinitive. It is equal to the third person plural past tense mundu. This rare form is mostly used when the verb of the main clause also is in the past tense. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: munu Norwegian Bokmål: monne Norwegian Nynorsk: muna, mune Swedish: mån, månde, månne Danish: mon, monne → Middle English: mone, mon, mune, munne, mun, man English: mun (dialectal) Scots: maun, mun, man, mon ==== See also ==== muna (“remember”) === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “munu”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == Pitjantjatjara == === Conjunction === munu and (non-switching) plus ==== Usage notes ==== Munu is a non-switching conjunction. When it joins two clauses or sentences, it conveys that the subject of the first clause carries over into the second. In cases where each clause has a different subject, ka is used instead. ==== References ==== Paul A. Eckert (2007), Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara Picture Dictionary‎[2], IAD Press, →ISBN == San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish mono. === Noun === munu spider monkey === References === Stewart, Cloyd, et al. (2000), Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. == Trió == === Etymology === From Proto-Cariban *munu. Compare Ye'kwana munu, Macushi mînî, Apalaí munu. === Noun === munu blood == Ye'kwana == === Etymology === From Proto-Cariban *munu (“blood”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [munu] === Noun === munu (possessed munui) blood Synonyms: aki, aaki === References === Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “munu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[3], Lyon, page 113 Hall, Katherine Lee (1988), The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 217, 394: “munu 'blood' […] munu - blood” Hall, Katherine (2007), “munu”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎[4], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021