munia

See also: muñía and Munia

English

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munia

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

minia

Etymology

From Hindi मुनिया (muniyā).

Noun

munia (plural munias)

Any of certain estrildid finches of the genera Lonchura (most instances) and Amandava (two species).
- 1895, Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford, Birds, volume 3, page 88:
  It is said, however, occasionally though rarely to eat insects, and Layard has related how an individual, kept in captivity, killed and swallowed small birds (Munias), its fellow-captives.
- 2000, Tara Gandhi, Birds and Plant Regeneration, page 76:
  Munias are smaller than sparrows; they have pointed short tails, and live in flocks, building large communal nests shared by several breeding pairs.
- 2010, Graham R. S. Ritchie, Simon Kirby, “20: A Possible Role for Selective Masking in the Evolution of Complex, Learned Communication Systems”, in Caroline Lyon, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv, Angelo Cangelosi, editors, Emergence of Communication and Language, page 398:
  Okanoya (2002) argues that the Bengalese finch has a much more 'complex' song than the munia. As mentioned earlier, his measure of complexity is the song linearity. He finds that the average song linearity of the munia is around 0.8 while the Bengalese finch song has a value of around 0.4.

Synonyms

(finch of genus Lonchura): mannikin, silverbill (generally separate, with some overlap)
(finch of genus Amandava): avadavat

Derived terms

Translations

bird of the genus Lonchura

Finnish: manikki (fi)
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Russian: му́ния f (múnija)

Anagrams

Unami, animu

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *munëidak; equivalent to muna (“egg”) +‎ -ia. Akin to Ludian munida and Veps munda.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmuniɑˣ/, [ˈmuniɑ̝(ʔ)]
Rhymes: -uniɑ
Hyphenation^(key): mu‧nia

Verb

munia

To lay an egg.
(colloquial) To let somebody wait without any good reason, to loiter or to be sluggish (normally only in irritated questions).
Mitä te oikein munitte siellä?
What on earth are you loitering there for?

Conjugation

Inflection of munia (Kotus type 61/sallia, no gradation)

indicative mood

present tense

perfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

munin

en muni

1st sing.

olen muninut

en ole muninut

2nd sing.

munit

et muni

2nd sing.

olet muninut

et ole muninut

3rd sing.

munii

ei muni

3rd sing.

on muninut

ei ole muninut

1st plur.

munimme

emme muni

1st plur.

olemme munineet

emme ole munineet

2nd plur.

munitte

ette muni

2nd plur.

olette munineet

ette ole munineet

3rd plur.

munivat

eivät muni

3rd plur.

ovat munineet

eivät ole munineet

passive

munitaan

ei munita

passive

on munittu

ei ole munittu

past tense

pluperfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

munin

en muninut

1st sing.

olin muninut

en ollut muninut

2nd sing.

munit

et muninut

2nd sing.

olit muninut

et ollut muninut

3rd sing.

muni

ei muninut

3rd sing.

oli muninut

ei ollut muninut

1st plur.

munimme

emme munineet

1st plur.

olimme munineet

emme olleet munineet

2nd plur.

munitte

ette munineet

2nd plur.

olitte munineet

ette olleet munineet

3rd plur.

munivat

eivät munineet

3rd plur.

olivat munineet

eivät olleet munineet

passive

munittiin

ei munittu

passive

oli munittu

ei ollut munittu

conditional mood

present

perfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

munisin

en munisi

1st sing.

olisin muninut

en olisi muninut

2nd sing.

munisit

et munisi

2nd sing.

olisit muninut

et olisi muninut

3rd sing.

munisi

ei munisi

3rd sing.

olisi muninut

ei olisi muninut

1st plur.

munisimme

emme munisi

1st plur.

olisimme munineet

emme olisi munineet

2nd plur.

munisitte

ette munisi

2nd plur.

olisitte munineet

ette olisi munineet

3rd plur.

munisivat

eivät munisi

3rd plur.

olisivat munineet

eivät olisi munineet

passive

munittaisiin

ei munittaisi

passive

olisi munittu

ei olisi munittu

imperative mood

present

perfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

—

1st sing.

—

2nd sing.

muni

älä muni

2nd sing.

—

3rd sing.

munikoon

älköön muniko

3rd sing.

olkoon muninut

älköön olko muninut

1st plur.

munikaamme

älkäämme muniko

1st plur.

—

2nd plur.

munikaa

älkää muniko

2nd plur.

—

3rd plur.

munikoot

älkööt muniko

3rd plur.

olkoot munineet

älkööt olko munineet

passive

munittakoon

älköön munittako

passive

olkoon munittu

älköön olko munittu

potential mood

present

perfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

muninen

en munine

1st sing.

lienen muninut

en liene muninut

2nd sing.

muninet

et munine

2nd sing.

lienet muninut

et liene muninut

3rd sing.

muninee

ei munine

3rd sing.

lienee muninut

ei liene muninut

1st plur.

muninemme

emme munine

1st plur.

lienemme munineet

emme liene munineet

2nd plur.

muninette

ette munine

2nd plur.

lienette munineet

ette liene munineet

3rd plur.

muninevat

eivät munine

3rd plur.

lienevät munineet

eivät liene munineet

passive

munittaneen

ei munittane

passive

lienee munittu

ei liene munittu

Nominal forms

infinitives

participles

active

passive

active

passive

1st

munia

present

muniva

munittava

long 1st¹

Possessive forms
Person	sing.	plur.
1st	muniakseni	muniaksemme
2nd	muniaksesi	muniaksenne
3rd	muniakseen muniaksensa

past

muninut

munittu

2nd

inessive²

muniessa

munittaessa

agent⁴

munima

Possessive forms
Person	sing.	plur.
1st	muniessani	muniessamme
2nd	muniessasi	muniessanne
3rd	muniessaan muniessansa

negative

munimaton

instructive

munien

—

¹⁾ Used only with a possessive suffix.

²⁾ Usually with a possessive suffix (active only).
³⁾ Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details).

⁴⁾ Usually with a possessive suffix. May not be used with all verbs, especially intransitive ones (more details). Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms.

3rd

inessive

munimassa

—

elative

munimasta

—

illative

munimaan

—

adessive

munimalla

—

abessive

munimatta

—

instructive

muniman

munittaman

4th³

verbal noun

muniminen

5th¹

Possessive forms
Person	sing.	plur.
1st	munimaisillani	munimaisillamme
2nd	munimaisillasi	munimaisillanne
3rd	munimaisillaan munimaisillansa

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmuniɑ/, [ˈmuniɑ̝]
Rhymes: -uniɑ
Hyphenation^(key): mu‧nia

Noun

munia

partitive plural of muna

Anagrams

imuna, mauin, minua, muina

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *moinis, from Proto-Indo-European *moy-nós, from *mey- (“to change, swap”). mūnus (“service”) is from the same source.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.ni.a/, [ˈmuːniä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ni.a/, [ˈmuːniä]

Noun

mūnia n pl (variously declined, genitive mūnium or mūniōrum); third declension, second declension

(plural only) duties, functions

Declension

In Classical Latin, only the nominative and accusative are attested.

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem) or second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

	plural
nominative	mūnia
genitive	mūnium mūniōrum
dative	mūnibus mūniīs
accusative	mūnia
ablative	mūnibus mūniīs
vocative	mūnia

References

“munia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“munia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
munia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

munia

first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of munir

English

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Finnish

Etymology 1

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Etymology 2

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Noun

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Latin

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Noun

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Portuguese

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