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Munt vs Mund - What's the difference?

munt | mund |

As nouns the difference between munt and mund

is that munt is a black person, usually a man while mund is mouth or mund can be (obsolete) hand.

As a verb munt

is (australia|slang) to vomit (usually while drunk).

munt

English

Etymology 1

Derived from umntu , Ndebele for a human being.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A black person, usually a man.
  • * 2006 , Geoffrey Nyarota, Against the Grain: Memoirs of a Zimbabwean Newsman , Zebra Press, page 63:
    • Munt'' was a derogatory term used by the [Rhodesian] security forces to refer to blacks. I suspect its origin was the word ''umntu , Ndebele for a person or human being
    Zimbabwe English

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Australia, slang) To vomit (usually while drunk).
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    mund

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A hand.
  • (obsolete) security, granted by a king or earl, the violation of which was punished by a fine (a mundbyrd)
  • Protection, guardianship.

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