muaj

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): [ˈmuaj]

Noun

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

  1. month

Declension
Declension of muaj
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative muaj muaj muaji muajt
accusative muajin
dative muaji muajve muajit muajvet
ablative muajsh

Derived terms
  • muaji i mjaltit

White Hmong

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /muə̯˥˧/

Verb

muaj

  1. to have, to possess

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, 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.
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