muaj

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Albanian muoj, from Proto-Albanian *mōnja, from *māsnja, from pre-Albanian *māsnion, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (compare English moon, Latin mensis, Tocharian A mañ, Lithuanian mėnuo, Russian ме́сяц (mésjac)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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muaj m (plural muaj, definite muaji, definite plural muajt)

  1. month

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White Hmong

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hmong-Mien *n-mɛj (to have), possibly related to Chinese (mǎi, to buy) and (mài, to sell) (and thus muas (to buy) and muag (to sell)), though the details are unclear. Cognate with Iu Mien maaih.[1]

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Verb

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muaj

  1. to have, to possess

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, pages 209-10; 276.