munu

See also: munū and mʉnʉ

Apalaí

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *munu (“blood”).

Noun

munu

1. blood

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse munu, monu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʏːnʏ/
• Rhymes: -ʏːnʏ

Verb

munu (first person singular present indicative mun, first person plural past subjunctive mundi or myndi)

1. (auxiliary) will, shall

Conjugation

munu — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að munu
past infinitive (nafnháttur þátíð)		mundu ⁄ myndu
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég mun	við munum	present (nútíð)	ég muni	við munum
	þú munt	þið munuð		þú munir	þið munið
	hann, hún, það mun	þeir, þær, þau munu		hann, hún, það muni	þeir, þær, þau muni
past (þátíð)	--	--	past (þátíð)	ég mundi / myndi	við mundum / myndum
	--	--		þú mundir / myndir	þið munduð / mynduð
	--	--		hann, hún, það mundi / myndi	þeir, þær, þau mundu / myndu
Note that the indicative past forms do not exist and that this verb only exists in the active, with no past participle. Forms divided by a / are both used.

See also

• skulu

Mwani

Noun

munu class 1 (plural wanu)

1. person

Old Norse

Etymology

A semantically differentiated variant of muna.

Verb

munu (third-person singular present indicative man or mun)

1. (auxiliary verb) denoting futurity will, shall

   munu margir þess gjalda

   many will smart for it

2. denoting what is probable or pretty certain
3. (past tense) would, must

   kvað hann þá nú mundu dauða

   he said that now they must be dead

Usage notes

• When auxiliary to a copula, the copula may be left out.
• Along with only two other verbs (skulu and vilja), munu has a special past tense infinitive. It is equal to the third person plural past tense mundu. This rare form is mostly used when the verb of the main clause also is in the past tense.

Conjugation

Conjugation of munu (preterite-present)

infinitive	munu
present participle	munandi
past participle	–
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	mun, man	mynda, munda
2nd-person singular	mun, mant	mynda, mundir
3rd-person singular	mun, man	mynda, mundi
1st-person plural	munum	mynda, mundum
2nd-person plural	munuð	mynda, munduð
3rd-person plural	munu	mynda, mundu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	muna, myna	mynda
2nd-person singular	munir, mynir	myndir
3rd-person singular	muni, myni	myndi
1st-person plural	munim, mynim	myndim
2nd-person plural	munið, mynið	myndið
3rd-person plural	muni, myni	myndi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	mun
1st-person plural	munum
2nd-person plural	munuð

Descendants

• Icelandic: munu
• Norwegian Bokmål: monne
• Norwegian Nynorsk: muna, mune
• Swedish: mån, månde, månne
• Danish: mon, monne
• → Middle English: mone, mon, mune, munne, mun, man
  • English: mun (dialectal)
  • Scots: maun, mun, man, mon

See also

• muna (“remember”)

References

• “munu”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Pitjantjatjara

Conjunction

munu

1. and (non-switching)
2. plus

Usage notes

Munu is a non-switching conjunction. When it joins two clauses or sentences, it conveys that the subject of the first clause carries over into the second. In cases where each clause has a different subject, ka is used instead.

References

• Paul A. Eckert (2007) Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara Picture Dictionary‎^[1], IAD Press, →ISBN

San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mono.

Noun

munu

1. spider monkey

References

• Stewart, Cloyd, et al. (2000) Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C.

Trió

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *munu. Compare Ye'kwana munu, Macushi mînî, Apalaí munu.

Noun

munu

1. blood

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	munu
Brazilian standard	munu
New Tribes	munu

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *munu (“blood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [munu]

Noun

munu (possessed munui)

1. blood

   Synonyms: aki, aaki

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “munu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[2], Lyon, page 113
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 217, 394: “munu 'blood' […] munu - blood”
• Hall, Katherine (2007) “munu”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎^[3], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021