maun

From Middle English mau(e)n, mowen, from Old English magon, plural present indicative of magan (“to be able to, may”). More at mow, may.

maun

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To have to; must.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:maun.

• Amun, Man U, Manu, NUMA, Numa, Uman

maun

1. war

maun

1. genitive singular of maku

• Manu, manu, muna, namu

Blend of makan (“eat”) +‎ daun (“leaf”).

• (Standard Malaysian) IPA^(key): /ma.on/
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ma.un/

maun (Jawi spelling ماون, plural maun-maun, informal 1st possessive maunku, 2nd possessive maunmu, 3rd possessive maunnya)

1. (neologism) herbivore

   Synonym: herbivor

• “maun” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Latin manus.

maun m (plural mauns)

1. (anatomy) hand

• mun, man, mon

From Middle English mone (“shall, must”), from Old Norse munu (“shall, will; must”), from Proto-Germanic *munaną.

• IPA^(key): [mɑːn], [mɔːn], [mən], [mʌn]
• (Northern Scots, Insular Scots) IPA^(key): [maːn]

maun (negative maunna)

1. (modal auxiliary, defective) must
   • 1824, Walter Scott, Redgauntlet:

     "Then ye maun eat and drink, Steenie," said the figure; "for we do little else here; and it's ill speaking between a fou man and a fasting."

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maun (plural mauns)

1. compulsion, authority, necessity

maun (negative maunna, past maunt, past participle maunt)

1. to manage, effect, succeed in
2. to master, overcome, control, have or establish authority over, issue commands in an imperious or authoritative manner, boss about