muwe
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Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Anglo-Norman mue.
Noun[edit]
muwe
- Alternative form of mewe (“cage”)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old French muer.
Verb[edit]
muwe
- Alternative form of mewen (“to moult”)
Yoruba[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From mọ̀ (“to know”) + ùwé (“book”) (Èkìtì), (Oǹdó)/ mù (“to know”) + ùwé (“book”) (Ìjẹ̀bú). Cognates with Yoruba mọ̀wé
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
mùwé
- (idiomatic, Ondo, Ekiti, Ijebu) to be intelligent; to be highly educated
- 2020, AI T, 8:42 from the start, in omo song in ondo dialect:
- Oígho mi dọ́mọ mi mùwé o, ọ̀mùwé má jùyà/ Ẹlẹ́dàá mi dọ́mọ mi mùwé o, ọ̀mùwé má jùyà. (Oǹdó)
- My orí, let my children be educated, the educated don't suffer/ My creator, let my children be educated, the educated don't suffer.
Derived terms[edit]
- ọ̀mùwé (“scholar”)
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