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mu
moo (the sound a cow makes) /mu/
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Also: not a word (in the idiom "nici un mu"), peep (as in "didn't say a peep")
Example sentences
Vaca face mu.
The cow goes moo.
Copilul aude vaca cum face mu.
The child hears the cow going moo.
N-a zis nici mu toată ziua.
He didn't say a word all day.
Deși l-am întrebat de mai multe ori, nu a scos niciun mu.
Although I asked him several times, he didn't utter a single word.
La ședință, nimeni n-a zis mu despre problemele reale.
At the meeting, nobody said a word about the real problems.
Vitele mugeau lung, un mu prelungit ce răsuna peste câmpie în amurg.
The cattle bellowed at length, a prolonged moo that echoed across the plain at dusk.
Word family
a mugito bellow, to moo (of cattle)
mugeta bellow, a low prolonged moo
mugitthe act or sound of bellowing
nici un muidiom: not a single word, dead silence
Etymology
Mu is an imitative word that copies the low sound cattle make. Like most onomatopoeia, it arose directly from the sound itself rather than descending from an older root word. Romanian also uses it figuratively in the idiom "nici un mu", meaning someone said absolutely nothing.
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