mu
verb
/mũ̄/
spelling unconfirmed
Definitions
-
to drink
Má mu ọtí tó o bá fẹ́ wakọ̀. Don't drink alcohol if you want to drive.
-
to suck
Ọmọ-ọwọ́ ṣì ń mu ọmú. The baby is still sucking breast.
-
to lick (juicy fruits such as oranges, or deserts such as ice cream)
Ọmọdé ń mu ọsàn. The child is licking orange.
-
to smoke
Kò kí ń mu sìgá. She doesn't smoke cigarettes.
Dialectal synonyms “to drink, suck, smoke” 37 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Òkìtìpupa
- mọ
- Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)
- mọ
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- mọ
Olùkùmi
- Ugbódù
- mọ
Central Yoruba
- Àdó Èkìtì
- mụ
- Àkúrẹ́
- mụ
- Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì
- mụ
Northwest Yoruba
- Èbúté Mẹ́tà
- mu
- Abẹ́òkúta
- mu
- Ìjàká
- mọ
- Èkó
- mu
- Ìbàdàn
- mu
- Ìlọrin
- mu
- Ọ̀yọ́
- mu
- Nàìjíríà
- mu
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- mu
Northeast Yoruba/Okun
- Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó
- mu
- Kabba
- mu
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Sokode
- mɔ
- Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)
- mɔ
- Tchaourou
- mɔ
- Baàtɛ
- mɔ
- Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)
- mu
- Ìkpòbɛ́
- mɔ
- Onigbolo
- mɔ
- Kétu
- mu
- Akpáré
- mɔ
- Atakpamɛ
- mɔ
- Boko
- mɔ
- Moretan
- mɔ
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- mɔ
- Aledjo-Koura
- mɔ
- Awotébi
- mɔ
- Partago
- mɔ
- Kandi
- mɔ
- Kambole
- mɔ
- Manigri
- mɔ
Used in
ajẹ-òkúta-má-mu-omiàmukùnounẹmunounfàmuverbmímu
momiverb
2 entries are spelled “momi”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first.
momi
to drink water
mumi
to drink water
momiverb
2 entries are spelled “momi”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first.
momi
to drink water
mumi
to drink water
mọtímugbóverbmutíverbọmúnoun
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “mu”.
Reference:
en-mu-yo-verb-5i9kA2DY