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gula

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin gula (“throat, gullet”).

NounEdit

gula (plural gulas or gulae)

  1. The upper front of the neck, next to the chin; the upper throat.
  2. (zoology) A plate which in most insects supports the submentum.
  3. (architecture) A capping moulding; a cymatium.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

GamilaraayEdit

NounEdit

gula

  1. fork

HausaEdit

NounEdit

gulā̀ f (plural guloli)

  1. drumstick (for beating drums)

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From gulur (“yellow”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gula f (genitive singular gulu, no plural)

  1. jaundice

DeclensionEdit

declension of gula
f-w1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative gula gulan
accusative gulu guluna
dative gulu gulunni
genitive gulu gulunnar

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Malay gula.

NounEdit

gula

  1. sugar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink)

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”). Cognate with Old Armenian կուլ- (kul-), Russian глотка (glotka, “throat”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gula f (genitive gulae); first declension

  1. gullet, throat, palate
  2. gluttony, greediness
  3. vocative singular of gula

gulā f

  1. ablative singular of gula

InflectionEdit

First declension.

Number Singular Plural
nominative gula gulae
genitive gulae gulārum
dative gulae gulīs
accusative gulam gulās
ablative gulā gulīs
vocative gula gulae

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

MalayEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gula (Jawi spelling ݢولا)

  1. sugar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink)

SynonymsEdit

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin gula.

NounEdit

gula f (plural gulas)

  1. gluttony

Related termsEdit

RohingyaEdit

NounEdit

gula

  1. fruit

RomanschEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin gula, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”).

NounEdit

gula f (plural gulas)

  1. (anatomy) throat
  2. (Surmiran) desire, craving, appetite, lust, pleasure, fancy

Derived termsEdit

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin gula. Compare the doublet gola.

NounEdit

gula f (plural gulas)

  1. gluttony (habit of eating in excess)
  2. gourmandizing

SynonymsEdit

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

gula

  1. absolute singular definite and plural form of gul

NounEdit

gula c

  1. a yolk (the yellow of an egg)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of gula
singular plural
common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gula gulan gulor gulorna
genitive gulas gulans gulors gulornas

SynonymsEdit

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