mun
Translingual
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʌn/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌn
Etymology 1
From Middle English mone (“shall, must”), from Old Norse munu (“shall, must”), from Proto-Germanic *munaną.[1]
Alternative forms
Verb
mun
References
- “mun”, in Collins English Dictionary.
Etymology 2
From Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-; compare mouth.
Noun
mun (plural muns)
Pronoun
mun
References
- Wright, Joseph (1903) The English Dialect Dictionary, volume 4, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 204
Etymology 4
Clipping of mundane.
Noun
mun (plural muns)
- (roleplaying games, Internet slang) The person who roleplays a character in a role-playing game, especially an online play-by-post one.
- 1997 October 29, Jade [username], “Re: Male dragon in need of mate ^_^”, in alt.fan.dragons (Usenet):
- Jade grabs a handful of brownies and nibbles on then,[sic] trying to keep her mun from reaching right to the screen to get some […]
- 1999 November 4, Milelarau [username], “Re: Roleplaying”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet):
- Wait a sec.... You mean.. this is a GAME??
And here I thought that nine tae five job my mun goes to everyday[sic] was a game and Norrath was my home..
- 2001 December 31, JamesStein, “Successfully Powering Down a Campaign”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet):
- Any suggestions on how to successfully turn this into a good SL, which will bring the characters back into the range of normalcy, without leaving the muns feeling deprived of everything their characters earned?
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:mun.
Synonyms
Gothic
Icelandic
Inari Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *monë.
See also
Inari Sami personal pronouns | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | dual | plural | |
1st person | mun | muoi | mij |
2nd person | tun | tuoi | tij |
3rd person | sun | suoi | sij |
Further reading
- mun in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje, Tromsø: UiT
Irish
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
mun | mhun | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mun”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Iu Mien
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔmun (“illness, pain”). Cognate with White Hmong mob and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] mb.
Kemi Sami
Mangas
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /màɣà/
References
- Blench, Robert; Bulkaam, Michael (2021) An Introduction to Mantsi, a South Bauchi language of Central Nigeria. University of Cambridge.
Middle English
Northern Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *monë.
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmun/
Inflection
Inflection of mun (irregular) | |
---|---|
Nominative | mun, mon |
Genitive | mū |
Nominative | mun, mon |
Genitive | mū |
Accusative | mū |
Illative | munnje |
Locative | mūs |
Comitative | muinna |
Essive | mūnin |
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 2
From Old Norse munr, from Proto-Germanic *muniz.
Old Norse
Verb
mun
- inflection of munu:
- first/second/third-person singular present active indicative
- second-person singular present active imperative
Polish
Etymology
Perhaps from Vietnamese (cánh) mỏng.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mun/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -un
- Syllabification: mun
Scots
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mən/
Preposition
mun
- about the, about their, about my, about whom, about which
- around the, around their, around my, around whom, around which
- concerning the, concerning their, concerning my, concerning whom, concerning which
Usage notes
- Considered somewhat high register in the sense of "about, concerning"; mu dheidhinn is more commonly used in normal register.
See also
Sumerian
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish munder, from Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɵn/, [mɵnː]
audio (file)
Noun
mun c
Declension
Declension of mun | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mun | munnen | munnar | munnarna |
Genitive | muns | munnens | munnars | munnarnas |
Related terms
References
Tarifit
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
mun (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵓⵏ)
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- Verbal noun: amuni (“uniting, gathering, meeting”)
- Causative: smun (“to gather, to unite”)
- Verbal noun: asmuni
- amuni (“comrade”)
- tmunet (“company, association”)
- rmunet (“supplies; salary”)
Tok Pisin

Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *ɓuːɲ (“ashes”). Cognate with Muong bunh.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mun˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [mun˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [mʊwŋ͡m˧˧]