mudu

From Latin mūtus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmudu/, [ˈmu.ð̞u]

mudu m sg (feminine singular muda, neuter singular mudo, masculine plural mudos, feminine plural mudes)

1. mute

• sordomudu
• sordu

From Proto-Central-Pacific *mutu, from Proto-Oceanic *mutu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mutu.

mudu

1. cut off
2. shortened

mudu m

1. (first-person dual) we, the two of us

From Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdu); see there for more.

mudu

1. supple

mudu (feminine singular muda, masculine and feminine plural mudi)

1. Alternative form of mutu (sonorized, dialectal)

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	mudu	muda
Plural	mudi	mudi

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-mudu (infinitive kumudu)

1. to be able to do something; to manage or handle something

Conjugation of -mudu
Positive present -namudu Subjunctive -mudu Negative -mudu Imperative singular mudu
Infinitives
Positive kumudu Negative kutomudu
Imperatives
Singular mudu Plural muduni
Tensed forms
Habitual humudu Positive past positive subject concord + -limudu Negative past negative subject concord + -kumudu
Positive present (positive subject concord + -namudu) Singular Plural 1st person ninamudu/namudu tunamudu 2nd person unamudu mnamudu 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anamudu wanamudu other classes positive subject concord + -namudu
Negative present (negative subject concord + -mudu) Singular Plural 1st person simudu hatumudu 2nd person humudu hammudu 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hamudu hawamudu other classes negative subject concord + -mudu
Positive future positive subject concord + -tamudu Negative future negative subject concord + -tamudu
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -mudu) Singular Plural 1st person nimudu tumudu 2nd person umudu mmudu 3rd person m-wa(I/II) amudu wamudu other classes positive subject concord + -mudu
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -simudu Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngemudu Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singemudu Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalimudu Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalimudu
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -amudu) Singular Plural 1st person namudu twamudu 2nd person wamudu mwamudu 3rd person m-wa(I/II) amudu wamudu m-mi(III/IV) wamudu yamudu ji-ma(V/VI) lamudu yamudu ki-vi(VII/VIII) chamudu vyamudu n(IX/X) yamudu zamudu u(XI) wamudu see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwamudu pa(XVI) pamudu mu(XVIII) mwamudu
Perfect positive subject concord + -memudu "Already" positive subject concord + -meshamudu "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jamudu "If/When" positive subject concord + -kimudu "If not" positive subject concord + -sipomudu Consecutive kamudu / positive subject concord + -kamudu Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kamudu
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nimudu -tumudu 2nd person -kumudu -wamudu/-kumuduni/-wamuduni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mmudu -wamudu m-mi(III/IV) -umudu -imudu ji-ma(V/VI) -limudu -yamudu ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kimudu -vimudu n(IX/X) -imudu -zimudu u(XI) -umudu see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kumudu pa(XVI) -pamudu mu(XVIII) -mumudu Reflexive -jimudu
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -mudu- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -muduye -muduo m-mi(III/IV) -muduo -muduyo ji-ma(V/VI) -mudulo -muduyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -muducho -muduvyo n(IX/X) -muduyo -muduzo u(XI) -muduo see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -muduko pa(XVI) -mudupo mu(XVIII) -mudumo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -mudu) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yemudu -omudu m-mi(III/IV) -omudu -yomudu ji-ma(V/VI) -lomudu -yomudu ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chomudu -vyomudu n(IX/X) -yomudu -zomudu u(XI) -omudu see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -komudu pa(XVI) -pomudu mu(XVIII) -momudu
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

From Proto-Cariban *nuru (“tongue”).

• IPA^(key): [muɾ̠u]

mudu

1. tongue

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “mudu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “ñu:du”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
• Hall, Katherine (2007) “ɲūdu”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎^[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021