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^[2], 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.

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Serbo-Croatian muk.

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): /ˈmuk/

Interjection

muk

1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) silence!

Further reading

• Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “muk”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 305

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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Waigali

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *mr̥kka, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mŕ̥ts (“clay, earth”), from Proto-Indo-European *meld-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuk/

Noun

muk (Nisheigram)

1. clay

Derived terms

• Muk