muk

See also: MUk.

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese မုန့် (mun.).

Noun

muk

  1. bread

References

  • Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31), “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research, volume 35, DOI:10.14989/219015, ISSN 1349-7804, pages 91–128

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse myki, mykr, from Proto-Germanic *mukī, *mukaz. Alternatively, inherited from Old English *moc (in hlōsmoc (pigsty dung)); all from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewg-, *mewk- (slick, slippery).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muk/

Noun

muk (uncountable)

  1. excrement (whether human or animal)
  2. filth, rubbish
  3. (figuratively) wordly concerns

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: muck
  • Scots: muck

References


Rohingya

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit.

Noun

muk (Hanifi spelling 𐴔𐴟𐴑)

  1. face

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mьlkъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mûːk/

Noun

mȗk m (Cyrillic spelling му̑к)

  1. silence (after a conversation or a period of noise)

Declension

Further reading

  • muk” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Waigali

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *mukkā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tkáH (clay, earth, soil), from *mŕ̥ts, from Proto-Indo-European *meld-. Cognate with Ashkun míč, Kamkata-viri muří, mřëí, Prasuni mire, English mold (ground, earth). Compare Proto-Japonic *mita (clay, earth) (whence Old Japanese にた (nita), Miyako みぃた (mta), Okinawan んちゃ (ncha), Yaeyama んた (nta)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /múk/

Noun

muk

  1. clay
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