Akkala Sami

Pronoun

muinˑ

1. I (first-person singular pronoun, comitative)

Finnish

Pronoun

muin

1. Instructive plural form of muu.

Anagrams

• imun, muni

Scots

Etymology

From Old English mōna, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s ‎(“moon, month”), from *mē-² ‎(“to measure”)

Noun

muin ‎(plural muins)

1. moon

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish muin, from Proto-Celtic *moni-, *manjā-, from Proto-Indo-European *mony-, *mon- ‎(“neck”).

Noun

muin f ‎(genitive singular muin)

1. (anatomy) back (animal's)
2. top

Usage notes

• Usually used in the phrase 'air muin ‎(“on the back of, on top of, on, upon”):

  air muin eich‎ ― on the back of a horse

  Chuir e seacaid air agus air muin sin còta.‎ ― He put on a jacket and on top of that a coat.

Etymology 2

From Old Irish múinid, possibly from Latin monēre ‎(“to remind, advise, teach”), with phonological influence from mūnire ‎(“to defend, protect”).

Verb

muin ‎(past mhuin, future muinidh, verbal noun muineadh, past participle muinte)

1. (dated) teach, instruct, educate, rear
2. (dated) show, point out

Synonyms

• (teach, rear): teagaisg, tog
• (show): seall, nochd