muña

See also: Appendix:Variations of "muna"

Guaraní

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mũˈɲã]
• Rhymes: -ã
• Hyphenation: mu‧ña

Verb

muña

1. to run after, to chase
2. to pursue

Conjugation

    Conjugation of muña

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person inclusive	1st person exclusive	2nd person	3rd person
active
	indicative	che amuña	nde remuña	ha'e omuña	ñande ñamuña	ore romuña	peẽ pemuña	ha'ekuéra omuña/omuña hikuái
	hortative	tamuña che	teremuña nde	tomuña ha'e	tañamuña ñande	taromuña ore	tapemuña peẽ	tomuña ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	emuña	-	-	-	pemuña	-
passive
	indicative	che añemuña	nde reñemuña	ha'e oñemuña	ñande ñañemuña	ore roñemuña	peẽ peñemuña	ha'ekuéra oñemuña/oñemuña hikuái
	hortative	tañemuña che	tereñemuña nde	toñemuña ha'e	tañañemuña ñande	taroñemuña ore	tapeñemuña peẽ	toñemuña ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eñemuña	-	-	-	peñemuña	-
reciprocal
	indicative	-	-	-	ñande ñañomuña	ore roñomuña	peẽ peñomuña	ha'ekuéra oñomuña/oñomuña hikuái
	hortative	-	-	-	tañañomuña ñande	taroñomuña ore	tapeñomuña peẽ	toñomuña ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	-	-	-	-	peñomuña	-
coactive
	indicative	che amomuña	nde remomuña	ha'e omomuña	ñande ñamomuña	ore romomuña	peẽ pemomuña	ha'ekuéra omomuña/omomuña hikuái
	hortative	tamomuña che	teremomuña nde	tomomuña ha'e	tañamomuña ñande	taromomuña ore	tapemomuña peẽ	tomomuña ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	emomuña	-	-	-	pemomuña	-
objective
	indicative	che aromuña/agueromuña	nde reromuña/regueromuña	ha'e oromuña/ogueromuña	ñande ñaromuña/ñagueromuña	ore roromuña/rogueromuña	peẽ peromuña/pegueromuña	ha'ekuéra oromuña/ogueromuña//oromuña/ogueromuña hikuái
	hortative	taromuña/tagueromuña che	tereromuña/teregueromuña nde	toromuña/togueromuña ha'e	tajaromuña/tañagueromuña ñande	taroromuña/tarogueromuña ore	taperomuña/tapegueromuña peẽ	toromuña/togueromuña ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eromuña/egueromuña	-	-	-	peromuña/pegueromuña	-
subsuntive¹
	indicative	che aporomuña/amba'emuña	nde reporomuña/remba'emuña	ha'e oporomuña/omba'emuña	ñande ñaporomuña/ñamba'emuña	ore roporomuña/romba'emuña	peẽ peporomuña/pemba'emuña	ha'ekuéra oporomuña/omba'emuña//oporomuña/omba'emuña hikuái
	hortative	taporomuña/tamba'emuña che	tereporomuña/teremba'emuña nde	toporomuña/tomba'emuña ha'e	tañaporomuña/tañamba'emuña ñande	taroporomuña/taromba'emuña ore	tapeporomuña/tapemba'emuña peẽ	toporomuña/tomba'emuña ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eporomuña/emba'emuña	-	-	-	peporomuña/pemba'emuña	-
		¹: the subsuntive forms with -poro- are used with humans, while the forms with -mba'e- are used with animals.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuɲa/ [ˈmu.ɲa]
• Rhymes: -uɲa
• Syllabification: mu‧ña

Etymology 1

From Quechua muña, originally used by Andeans to refer to any plant smelling of mint.

Noun

muña f (plural muñas)

1. (Peru, Bolivia) Minthostachys spp., especially Minthostachys mollis, Minthostachys setosa and Minthostachys andina

   Synonyms: (Peru) chamcua, (Argentina) peperina, (Ecuador) poleo, (Ecuador) tipo

   • 2007, Mario E. Tapia, Ana María Fries, Guía de los cultivos andinos‎^[1], Lima: Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación / Asociación Nacional de Productores Ecológicos del Perú, archived from the original on 18 February 2020, page 39:

     Uso de ramas de chamcua (Minthostachys mollis) o muña (Minthostachys andina) que funcionan como repelentes y también tienen efecto insecticida.

     Use of branches of chamcua (Minthostachys mollis) or muña (Minthostachys andina) that function as repellants and also have insecticide effect.

Derived terms

• pampamuña

 

References

• Bastien, Joseph William (1987): Healers of the Andes: Kallawaya Herbalists and Their Medicinal Plants, p. 98-99

Etymology 2

Verb

muña

1. inflection of muñir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative