mukha

See also: Mukha

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀫𑀼𑀔 (Brahmi script)
• मुख (Devanagari script)
• মুখ (Bengali script)
• මුඛ (Sinhalese script)
• မုခ or မုၶ (Burmese script)
• มุข or มุขะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩩᨡ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຸຂ or ມຸຂະ (Lao script)
• មុខ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄪𑄈 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मुख (mukha).

Noun

mukha n

1. mouth
2. face
3. entrance
4. opening
5. front

Declension

Declension table of "mukha" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	mukhaṃ	mukhāni
Accusative (second)	mukhaṃ	mukhāni
Instrumental (third)	mukhena	mukhehi or mukhebhi
Dative (fourth)	mukhassa or mukhāya or mukhatthaṃ	mukhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	mukhasmā or mukhamhā or mukhā	mukhehi or mukhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	mukhassa	mukhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	mukhasmiṃ or mukhamhi or mukhe	mukhesu
Vocative (calling)	mukha	mukhāni

Derived terms

• mukhadvāra (“entrance of the mouth”)

Descendants

• → Burmese: မုခ် (muhk)
  • → Shan: မုၵ်ႈ (mūk)

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “mukha”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• moc-ha, mucha, muc-ha — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मुख (múkha, “face; mouth”). Compare Malay muka.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /mukˈhaʔ/ [mʊkˈhaʔ]

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    • Rhymes: -aʔ
    • Syllabification: muk‧ha
  • IPA^(key): /muˈkaʔ/ [mʊˈxaʔ] (relaxed)
    • Syllabification: mu‧kha

Noun

mukhâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜃ᜔ᜑ)

1. (anatomy) face

   Synonym: (gay slang) feslak

2. (obsolete) page (one side of a leaf of a book)

   Synonyms: pahina, (obsolete) dahon

Derived terms

• bukas ng mukha
• ipamukha
• kamukha
• kapal ng mukha
• magkakamukha
• magkamukha
• magmukha
• mamukhaan
• may mukha
• mukhaan
• mukhang pera
• mukhasim
• pagmumukha
• tabla ang mukha

Adjective

mukhâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜃ᜔ᜑ)

1. looking like; seeming

   Synonym: para

   Mukha kang paa.

   You look like feet. (insult)

Usage notes

• The term para (parang) only regards to behavior or actions, while mukha applies for both appearance and behavior.

See also

• tulad

References

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 126
• Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog‎^[1] (in Spanish), Paris: Imprimerie de la Faculté de Médecine, A. Davy, page 39
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

Further reading

• “mukha”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “mukha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018