In my family Muniu was the yiddish nickname of my uncle called Moshe. However, my friend's name was Moshe too but the nickname was Burshi, which was quite a common nickname
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Mordecai
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מאת: jerome schatten <romers_at_shaw.ca>
תאריך: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 0:08
נושא: [Cz-L] The forename 'Muniu' ?
אל: czernowitz-L <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
> Czernowitzers...
>
> In a recent post Mimi mentioned the name Muniu Hacken. I am interested
> in the given name Muniu as this is the name my GM used to
> address my
> father.
>
> Could it also have been spelled Munju? I presume this is
> Yiddish and
> not Hebrew... What would the likely names in English be for
> Muniu? Does
> Muniu relate back to a Hebrew name?
>
> Best,
> jerome
>
>
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