mui

Likely from English Musi.

mui

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Musi.

Ultimately from Latin multus.

mui

1. very

• muncho, per-

From Latin magis.

mui

1. more

mui

1. but

Contraction of muide. Doublet of mond.

• IPA^(key): /mœy̯/

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• Hyphenation: mui
• Rhymes: -œy̯

mui f (plural muien, diminutive muitje n)

1. break or neck in a sandbar
2. (by extension) riptide (a strong flow of water)

• (break in a sandbar): suatiegeul
• (rip current): muistroom

Compare Moore mui

• [mùì]

mui

1. rice

• mu-biire (“rice grain”)
• mu-woko (“long grained rice”)

Compare Farefare mui

• [mùí]

mui

1. rice

Apocope of muito, from Latin multus (“very”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuj/

mui

1. very
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 26 (facsimile):

     e logo chegar..a alma tomar demões q̇ a leuarõ. mui toſte ſẽ tardar

     and soon devils arrived, seizing the soul, and took it very quickly without delay

• Fala: mui
• Galician: moi
• Portuguese: mui

• muy (obsolete)

From Old Galician-Portuguese mui, clipping of muito.

mui

1. (archaic, rare) very

   Synonyms: (informal) bem, muito

mui

1. Obsolete spelling of muy

• “mui”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from Dutch moei.

mui

1. (dated) older woman, elderly woman

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [muj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [muj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [muj˧˧]

mui • (𥯍, 𥴘, 𦩚)

1. covering roof (for car, boat, etc.); hood

From Proto-Tai *ʰmwɯjᴬ (“bear”). Cognate with Thai หมี (mǐi), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩦ, Lao ໝີ (mī), Lü ᦖᦲ (ṁii), Tai Dam ꪢꪲ, Shan မီ (mǐi), Ahom 𑜉𑜣 (mī), Nong Zhuang mue, Bouyei moil. Compare Old Chinese 羋 (OC *meʔ).

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /muːi˨˦/
• Tone numbers: mui¹
• Hyphenation: mui

mui (Sawndip forms 𤞦 or 𪻄, 1957–1982 spelling mui)

1. bear (animal)