muno

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin mūnus (service, gift), from Proto-Italic *moinos (service), from Proto-Indo-European *moynós, derived from the root *mey- (to change, swap).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmu.no/
  • Rhymes: -uno
  • Hyphenation: mù‧no

Noun[edit]

muno m (plural muni) (literary, obsolete)

  1. gift
    Synonyms: dono, presente
    • c. 13161321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XIV”, in Paradiso [Heaven]‎[1], lines 31–33; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      tre volte era cantato da ciascuno
      di quelli spirti con tal melodia,
      ch’ad ogne merto saria giusto muno
      Three several times was chanted by each one
      among those spirits, with such melody
      that for all merit it were just reward

Related terms[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Verb[edit]

muno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of munir

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

muno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of munir