mua

From Proto-Albanian *moN, from Proto-Indo-European *me- (“me”).

mua

1. (to) me

mua

1. front

mua

1. (Mainland China, neologism, slang, onomatopoeic) mwah

From Proto-Oceanic *muqa from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *muqa (compare with Iban mua).^[1][2]

mua (mua)

1. to head to somewhere

mua (vakamua)

1. to steer, to helm

mua

1. side or end of a land

• Gatty, Ronald (2009) “mua”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 175

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mua

1. sailor, mariner

mua

1. (colloquial) partitive singular of mä

• minua

• -uma, mau

mua

1. third-person singular past historic of muer

mua

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of muar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Proto-Polynesian *muqa (“first, preceding” – compare with Maori mua, Tahitian mua, Tongan muʻa, Samoan mua),^[1] from Proto-Oceanic *muqa (“to be in front” – ompare with Fijian mua “to head somewhere”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *muqa (compare with Iban mua).^[2][3]

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.a/, [ˈmu.wə]

mua

1. (locative noun) before, in front of, first, ahead, forward, in advance, future, front

   E inu ma mua o ka ʻai.

   Drink before eating.

2. (locative noun) former, foremost, primary, principal
3. (locative noun) previously, beforehand
4. (locative noun) oldest, older sibling
5. (locative noun) senior branch of a family
6. (locative noun) leader, senior partner
7. (locative noun) more than
8. men’s eating house

• muamua
• ʻoumuamua

From Proto-Malayic *muha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *muqa.

• IPA^(key): /mua/
• Hyphenation: mu‧a

mua

1. (anatomy) face

From Hokkien 鰻／鳗 (môa, “eel”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmua̯/
• Hyphenation: mua

mua (first-person possessive muaku, second-person possessive muamu, third-person possessive muanya)

1. eel

   Synonym: belut

• “mua” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Old Irish muad (“cloud, mist, fumes”), possibly from Proto-Celtic *moudo-.

mua m (genitive singular mua, nominative plural muanna)

1. clouded apparition, mysterious figure

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mua”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Regional variants of mua

North Karelian (Viena)	mua
South Karelian (Tver)	mua

From Proto-Finnic *maa. Cognates include Finnish maa and Estonian maa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuɑ̯/
• Hyphenation: mua

mua (genitive muan, partitive muata or muada)

1. earth
2. land
3. soil

Viena Karelian declension of mua (type 6/pimie, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	mua	muat
genitive	muan	maijen
partitive	muata	maita
illative	muah	maih
inessive	muašša	maissa
elative	muašta	maista
adessive	mualla	mailla
ablative	mualta	mailta
translative	muakši	maiksi
essive	muana	maina
comitative	—	maineh
abessive	muatta	maitta

Tver Karelian declension of mua (type 6/pimie, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	mua	muat
genitive	muan	main
partitive	muada	maida
illative	muah	maih
inessive	muašša	maissa
elative	muašta	maista
adessive	mualla	mailla
ablative	mualda	mailda
translative	muakši	maiksi
essive	muana	maina
comitative	muanke	mainke
abessive	muatta	maitta

Possessive forms of mua
1st person	muani
2nd person	muaš
3rd person	muah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “mua”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuɑ̯/
• Hyphenation: mua
• Rhymes: -uɑ̯

From Proto-Finnic *maa. Cognates include Finnish maa and Estonian maa.

mua (genitive muan, partitive muadu)

1. earth
2. ground, soil
3. world
4. country
5. place, region

Declension of mua (Type 15/suu, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	mua	muat
genitive	muan	mualoin
partitive	muadu	mualoi
illative	muah	mualoih
inessive	muas	mualois
elative	muaspäi	mualoispäi
allative	muale	mualoile
adessive	mual	mualoil
ablative	mualpäi	mualoilpäi
translative	muakse	mualoikse
essive	muannu	mualoinnu
abessive	muattah	mualoittah
comitative	muanke	mualoinke
instructive		mualoiči
prolative	muači

Related to Veps muja.

mua (genitive muan, partitive muadu)

1. colour

Declension of mua (Type 15/suu, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	mua	muat
genitive	muan	mualoin
partitive	muadu	mualoi
illative	muah	mualoih
inessive	muas	mualois
elative	muaspäi	mualoispäi
allative	muale	mualoile
adessive	mual	mualoil
ablative	mualpäi	mualoilpäi
translative	muakse	mualoikse
essive	muannu	mualoinnu
abessive	muattah	mualoittah
comitative	muanke	mualoinke
instructive		mualoiči
prolative	muači

• Olga Žarinova (2012) Pagizemmo Karjalakse [Let's speak Karelian], St Petersburg, →ISBN, page 10
• Tatjana Boiko (2019) “mua”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN

From Proto-Finnic *maa. Cognates include Finnish maa and Veps ma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuɑ̯/
• Hyphenation: mua
• Rhymes: -uɑ̯

mua

1. earth
2. country

Declension of mua (Type 7/mua, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	mua	muad
genitive	muan	muaiden
partitive	muad	muaid
illative	muahe	muaihe
inessive	muas	muaiš
elative	muaspiä	muaišpiä
allative	muale	muaile
adessive	mual	muail
ablative	mualpiä	muailpiä
translative	muaks	muaikš
essive	muan	muain
abessive	muata	muaita
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

• Miikul Pahomov (2016) “mua”, in Учебный словарь литературного людиковского языка‎^[2], page 29

From Proto-Polynesian *muqa (“first, preceding” – compare with Tahitian mua, Tongan muʻa, Samoan mua),^[1] from Proto-Oceanic *muqa (“to be in front” – compare with Fijian mua “to head somewhere”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *muqa (compare with Iban mua “face”).^[2][3]

mua

1. front, forward

ā mua

1. to the future

o mua, i mua

1. former, past, old

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “mua”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 248
• “mua” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

mua

1. man

• Liisa Berghäll, A grammar of Mauwake (2015, →ISBN
• Mauwake - English dictionary (2007, SIL)

mua

1. 2nd person dual pronoun: you two

mua f (definite singular mua, indefinite plural muer or muor, definite plural muene or muone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of mue
2. definite singular of mue

• mũa, muha

Inherited from Latin mūla, from mūlus + -a. Doublet of mula.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmua/
• Rhymes: -ua
• Hyphenation: mu‧a

mua f (plural muas)

1. female equivalent of muu (“female mule”)

   Synonyms: mũacha, mula

   • 13th century, Denis of Portugal, [cantiga 1537]; republished as Angelo Colocci, compiler, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Italy, 1525–c.1526, cantiga 1537:

     Leuoulho roçin e leixoulha mua

     He stole his nag, leaving him his mule.

• Fala: múa

• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2024) “mua”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC, →ISSN
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mua”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mua”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

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mua (m-mi class, plural miwa)

1. Alternative spelling of muwa

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [muə˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [muə˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [muə˧˧]

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 務 (“to seek”, SV: vụ) (Haudricourt, 1954); cognate with Muong mua.

The common Vietic word for “to buy” is chác (from Proto-Vietic *caːk), now obsolete and mainly used in compounds. See also tậu, a Tai loanword, and sắm, which has originally meaning of "to prepare".

mua • (𧷸, 模, 謨, 𡃗)

1. to buy; to purchase

   Synonyms: tậu, sắm

   Antonym: bán

2. to bribe; to square
3. to bring upon oneself; to court

(classifier cây) mua

1. melastoma (genus Melastoma)