monge

monge

1. to go to sleep

From Vulgar Latin *monicus, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin monachus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”).

monge m (oblique plural monges, nominative singular monges, nominative plural monge)

1. monk

• Occitan: monge
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: monge, monje
  • Galician: monxe
  • Portuguese: monge
• → Spanish: monje
  • → Cebuano: monghe
  • → Tagalog: monghe

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “monachus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 64

From Old Galician-Portuguese monge, monje, borrowed from Old Occitan monge, from Vulgar Latin monicus, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin monachus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”). Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese mõogo. Compare Galician monxe and Spanish monje.

• Hyphenation: mon‧ge

monge m (plural monges, feminine monja, feminine plural monjas)

1. monk

Compare Proto-Central Pacific *moce "to sleep". This is somewhat problematic as it has the irregular correspondence of ŋ to *c.

• IPA^(key): /moŋe/

monge

1. to sleep

• Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 366