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mugunmugun see fr.: murumuru.
mukat v Many, as of a wriggling mass.
mukulmukul v To be closed (as a flower), or not yet open. Ka bulak no ogmukulmukul, konò pad ogpangabukad. A flower which is closed has not yet opened. see: ti-om 1.
mukus n Jumbled or disarranged as of material or clothing that’s all jumbled up together. [DB distinguished between a table of used clothing which was disarranged. If material is scrunched up it is kamukusmukus said but it can be straighted out tapid again. Paper is difficult to straighten once scrunched.] see: gusong; see: komoton (as paper).
mula 1v To be murdered. ?? [DB says this term applies to death from any cause but especially if the death happens after a person has been warned.] 2vs murdered 3Having to do with meeting one's death, whether by illness or by murder [Taganay example of a warning to a young woman not to go to Manila because she would meet her death there. The young woman died of an illness in Manila.] 4v Murderer.
mulog n Kind of fish (same as malandog).
mulò adv Tigwanan for atag “in contrast to” something else.
mulug n Female young of animal.
mumol n Gums. Ka mumol to otow, sikan ka tubu-an to ngipon. The gums of a person, that is where the teeth are attached (lit. sprout).
mundù n 1Camote; camote plants. Ka lawa woy ka bogas, mundù dod ka igngaran. The body and the fruit [of the camote] are both called camote, or the fruit. Ka mundù ko igpamula ta, og-unug ka dalig to lawa. As for camote plants, when we plant them, the roots follow the stem (lit. body). see fr.: kasilò. 2Camote field. Kagi to kamunoy to mundu-an, “Og-alaron ku bag so-in mundù ku.” The owner of the camote field said, “I'm fencing these camotes of mine.”
muntasa n Mustard.
muntuk n A couple with no children, living by themselves on a hilltop.
muog 1n Mucus from nose. 2deriv n Having a runny nose; person with runny nose.
murumuru v To mutter to oneself. [This is from being disgruntled or agitated.; Arlyn says it is the same as mugunmugun which refers to grumbling or complaining. Arlyn says one is talking to oneself when no one is around. (The sense and purpose is different from a whisper because one isn't intending to be heard or understood. Overlaps with meaning of tongop.)] see: mugunmugun; see: tongop.
musong n Soot from hearth.