muk

See also: MUk.

Fula

Etymology

From Proto-Fula-Serer *muk, whence also Serer muk (“never”).

Adverb

muk

1. (Pular, Pulaar) never

References

• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese မုန့် (mun.).

Noun

muk

1. bread

References

• Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎^[1], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mock, mok, moke, mokke, muc, mucke, muke, mukke

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse myki, mykr, from Proto-Germanic *mukī, *mukaz. Alternatively, inherited from Old English *moc (in hlōsmoc (“pigsty dung”)); all from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewg-, *mewk- (“slick, slippery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muk/

Noun

muk (uncountable)

1. excrement (whether human or animal)
2. filth, rubbish
3. (figuratively) wordly concerns

Derived terms

• mukken

Descendants

• English: muck
• Scots: muck

References

• “muk, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• 𐴔𐴟𐴑 (muk) — Hanifi Rohingya script

Etymology

From Sanskrit.

Noun

muk (Hanifi spelling 𐴔𐴟𐴑)

1. face

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mьlkъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mûːk/

Noun

mȗk m (Cyrillic spelling му̑к)

1. silence (after a conversation or a period of noise)

Declension

Declension of muk

	singular
nominative	muk
genitive	muka
dative	muku
accusative	muk
vocative	muče
locative	muku
instrumental	mukom

Related terms

• múčati

Further reading

• “muk” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Waigali

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *mukkā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tkáH (“clay, earth, soil”), from *mŕ̥ts, from Proto-Indo-European *meld-. Cognate with Ashkun míč, Kamkata-viri muří, mřëí, Prasuni mire, English mold (“ground, earth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /múk/

Noun

muk

1. clay