marula

See also: marulă

English

Etymology

From Tswana morula (“marula tree”), or from a closely related language.

Noun

marula (plural marulas)

1. A medium-sized dioecious tree, Sclerocarya birrea, indigenous to Southern Africa and West Africa.
   • 2019, Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Hamish Hamilton, page 87:

     They were between two marula trees.

2. Its edible stone fruit, with light yellow skin and white flesh.
   • 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 278:

     In the evenings, long drinks anticipate freshly caught fish [...] with a marinade of mazhanje juice or marula liqueur.

Translations

tree

• Afrikaans: maroela, maroelaboom
• Northern Sotho: morula
• Swazi: umganu (ss)
• Tsonga: nkanyi
• Tswana: morula
• Zulu: umganu

fruit

• Afrikaans: maroela, maroelavrug
• Swazi: liganu (ss)
• Tsonga: nkanyi
• Zulu: iganu

Anagrams

• alarum

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈɾula/ [maˈɾu.la]
• Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: ma‧ru‧la

Noun

marula f (plural marulas)

1. marula