muas

See also: M-uas

Dalmatian

Etymology

From a derivative of Latin marceō (“wither”).

Adjective

muas

  1. rotten

French

Verb

muas

  1. second-person singular past historic of muer

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

muas

  1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular present indicative of muar

Karo Batak

Etymology

Cognate with Toba Batak mauas.

Adjective

muas

  1. thirsty

References

White Hmong

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /muə̯˩/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *mɛjX (“to buy”), probably borrowed from Middle Chinese 買／买 (mǎi, “to buy”). See also muaj (“to have”).[1]

Verb

muas

  1. to buy

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chinese 馬／马 (mǎ, “horse”).[2]

Noun

muas

  1. only used in muas lwj (“Sambar deer”)

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 134.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 139; 277.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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