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Webster 1913 Edition

Musa

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Mu′sa

,
p
rop.
Noun.
;
pl.
Musae
(#)
.
[NL., fr. Ar.
mauz
,
mauza
, banana.]
(Bot.)
A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana (
Musa sapientum
), the plantain (
Musa paradisiaca
of Linnaeus, but probably not a distinct species), the Abyssinian (
Musa Ensete
), the Philippine Island (
Musa textilis
, which yields Manila hemp), and about eighteen other species. See Illust. of
Banana
and
Plantain
.

Definition 2024

muša

muša

See also: musa, Musa, mūsā, mūsa, and mušā

Latvian

Istabas muša

Alternative forms

Noun

muša f (4th declension)

  1. fly (small two-winged insect, belonging to the order Diptera, especially family Muscidae)
    istabas, mājas muša‎ ― room, house fly (= housefly)
    gaļas muša‎ ― meat fly (= blowfly)
    mēslu muša‎ ― dung fly
    cece muša‎ ― tsetse fly
    mušu kāpuri‎ ― fly larvae

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “muša”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmʊʃɐ]

Verb

mùša

  1. third-person singular present tense of mušti.
  2. third-person plural present tense of mušti.

Etymology

Via an intermediate form *musya, from Proto-Baltic *mūs-, from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mu- ‎(“fly, insect”) with an extra s. Cognates include Lithuanian mùsė, dialectal musià, Old Church Slavonic моуха ‎(muxa), Russian муха ‎(muxa), Ancient Greek μυῖα ‎(muîa) (< *müsya), Latin musca, Old Armenian մուն ‎(mun), Proto-Germanic *mūją, *muwī ‎(“midge”) (English midge, German Mücke, Dutch mug, Swedish mygg, Icelandic mý).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [muʃa]

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