muṣṭú forward; before, first

Part of Speech adv.sp
Vernacular Form مُݜٹوۡ
Phonetic Form muʂʈú
Variant Form(s) muxáak (Biori)
    • forward; before, first
      • Example 56:
        muṣṭú ma thíi ráat piláanu, thée ba ma thíi lhéṇḍi kakaríi čapáanu.
        muṣṭú
        first
        ma
        1sg.nom
        thíi
        2sg.gen
        rat
        blood
        pil
        drink
        -án
        -prs
        -u
        -MSG
        thée
        then
        ba
        top
        ma
        1sg.nom
        thíi
        2sg.gen
        lhéṇḍ
        bald
        -i
        -f
        kakaríi
        skull
        čapé
        gnaw
        -án
        -prs
        -u
        -MSG
        First I will drink your blood, and then I will gnaw on your bald scalp.
        Source: A:KAT032
      • Example 384:
        ma bhíšee dáaš kaalá muṣṭú ǰóolu.
        ma
        1sg.nom
        bhiš
        twenty
        =ee
        CONJ
        daš
        ten
        kaál
        year
        -a
        -pl
        muṣṭú
        before
        ǰa
        be.born
        -íl
        -pfv
        -u
        -MSG
        I was born thirty years ago.
        Source: A:DLX163
      • Example 1172:
        ma tas muṣṭú khoṇḍaáanu.
        ma
        1sg.nom
        tas
        3sg.acc
        muṣṭú
        before
        khoṇḍá
        make.speak
        -án
        -prs
        -u
        -MSG
        I make her talk first.
        Source: A:DLX175
      • Example 1355:
        tuúš muṣṭú bíi ta áak luumái ḍhoó díti híni.
        tuúš
        little
        muṣṭú
        before
        be
        go
        -e
        -3sg
        ta
        DS
        ak
        IDEF
        luumái
        fox
        ḍhoó
        NVE
        dit
        fall.pfv
        -i
        -f
        hin
        be.prs
        -i
        -f
        He had gone some distance forward when a fox appeared.
        Source: A:KAT011
      • Example 1356:
        bíiḍu muṣṭú dúu ǰáana bíiḍa yaaraán de maní.
        bíiḍ
        much
        -u
        -MSG
        muṣṭú
        before
        du
        two
        ǰáan
        person
        -a
        -pl
        bíiḍ
        much
        -a
        -MPL
        yaár
        friend
        -aán
        -pl
        de
        pst
        maní
        HSAY
        A long time ago [lit. much before], there were two good friends.
        Source: A:UNF001
      • Example 1357:
        eetíiee ghúuṛa ǰhulí muṣṭú bhe nagaršaá nikháatu.
        eetíi
        3sg.REM.obl
        =wée
        in
        ghúuṛu
        horse
        -a
        -obl
        ǰhulí
        on
        muṣṭú
        in.front
        bhe
        become
        -í
        -CV
        nagaršaá
        <person>
        nikhát
        come.out.pfv
        -u
        -MSG
        There, mounted on his horse, Nagar Shah appeared at the front [of his army].
        Source: A:MAB038

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