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mù

[mũː]

adj

LanguageScottish Gaelic

Meaning
  1. Lewis, Ross-shire, Inverness-shire, and Perthshire form of motha (“bigger”)
  2. bigger
  3. A regional variant of the word for bigger, commonly used in areas like Lewis and Ross-shire.
Examples

Tha an taigh aige mù na mo thaigh-sa.

His house is bigger than my house.

Pronunciationmũː

Part of speechadj

Usage noteThis word functions as a dialectal alternative to the standard word motha.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.