mola
English edit
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Etymology 1 edit
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mola (plural molas)
Etymology 2 edit
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mola (plural molas)
- A traditional textile art form of the Kuna people of Panama and Colombia, consisting of cloth panels to be worn on clothing, featuring complex designs made with multiple layers of cloth in a reverse appliqué technique.
- 1977, Rhoda L. Auld, Molas: What they are, How to make them, Ideas they suggest for creative appliqué, page 67:
- The classic mola is pure applique and is distinguished by alternating bands of color.
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Etymology 1 edit
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Noun edit
mola f (plural moles)
- millstone, a circular stone of the two that make up the ordinary mill, one is mobile and is rolled over the other, which is fixed
- grindstone, an instrument consisting of a piece of an abrasive material that is rotated around its axis and is used for sharpening, polishing, deburring, rectifying, profiling, etc. miscellaneous tools or parts
- passar per la mola ― to overcome, to subdue somebody (an idiom, literally to pass it under the grindstone)
- the amount of water needed to move a millstone
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Etymology 2 edit
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Noun edit
mola f (plural moles)
- mass (something large or of great volume)
- (geography) an isolated hill of massive form, rounded and flat on top, with very steep upper flanks
- (fishing) a lot of fish that go together
- a rope that has been coiled to form a spiral
- sunfish, a fish of the species Mola mola
- Synonyms: bot, peix lluna
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Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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Verb edit
mola
- inflection of molar (“to mock”):
Etymology 4 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mola
- inflection of molar (“to sharpen (dialectal)”):
Further reading edit
- “mola” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “mola”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “mola” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mola” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From French molle and Italian molle, both from Latin mollis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mola (accusative singular molan, plural molaj, accusative plural molajn)
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Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From moli (“fragment, piece”) + -a.
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Verb edit
mola (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative molaði, supine molað)
- (transitive, with accusative) to shatter, to smash
Conjugation edit
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að mola | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
molað | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
molandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég mola | við molum | present (nútíð) |
ég moli | við molum |
þú molar | þið molið | þú molir | þið molið | ||
hann, hún, það molar | þeir, þær, þau mola | hann, hún, það moli | þeir, þær, þau moli | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég molaði | við moluðum | past (þátíð) |
ég molaði | við moluðum |
þú molaðir | þið moluðuð | þú molaðir | þið moluðuð | ||
hann, hún, það molaði | þeir, þær, þau moluðu | hann, hún, það molaði | þeir, þær, þau moluðu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
mola (þú) | molið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
molaðu | moliði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að molast | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
molast | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
molandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég molast | við molumst | present (nútíð) |
ég molist | við molumst |
þú molast | þið molist | þú molist | þið molist | ||
hann, hún, það molast | þeir, þær, þau molast | hann, hún, það molist | þeir, þær, þau molist | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég molaðist | við moluðumst | past (þátíð) |
ég molaðist | við moluðumst |
þú molaðist | þið moluðust | þú molaðist | þið moluðust | ||
hann, hún, það molaðist | þeir, þær, þau moluðust | hann, hún, það molaðist | þeir, þær, þau moluðust | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
molast (þú) | molist (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
molastu | molisti * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
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masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
molaður | moluð | molað | molaðir | molaðar | moluð | |
accusative (þolfall) |
molaðan | molaða | molað | molaða | molaðar | moluð | |
dative (þágufall) |
moluðum | molaðri | moluðu | moluðum | moluðum | moluðum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
molaðs | molaðrar | molaðs | molaðra | molaðra | molaðra | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
molaði | molaða | molaða | moluðu | moluðu | moluðu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
molaða | moluðu | molaða | moluðu | moluðu | moluðu | |
dative (þágufall) |
molaða | moluðu | molaða | moluðu | moluðu | moluðu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
molaða | moluðu | molaða | moluðu | moluðu | moluðu |
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mola
Antonyms edit
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mola
- inflection of mol:
- present subjunctive analytic
- (obsolete) second-person singular present indicative
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
mola | mhola | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin mola, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).
Noun edit
mola f (plural mole)
- millstone
- grindstone
- honing
- (historical, Rome) water mill; especially one of the mills once found adjacent Isola Tiberina
- (colloquial) angle grinder, disc grinder, side grinder (power tool with a perpendicular abrasive disc)
- (colloquial) bench grinder
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Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
mola
- inflection of molare:
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mola
Latgalian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰo-. Cognates include Latvian mala.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mola f (diminutive maleņa)
Declension edit
References edit
- Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *molā, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”). Cognate with Latin mollis, Ancient Greek μύλη (múlē), English meal. See also English maelstrom.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.la/, [ˈmɔɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.la/, [ˈmɔːlä]
Noun edit
mola f (genitive molae); first declension
- millstone
- (especially in the plural) mill
- ground meal
- (transferred sense) (sacred) flour
- mola salsa (literally “salted flour”)
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | mola | molae |
Genitive | molae | molārum |
Dative | molae | molīs |
Accusative | molam | molās |
Ablative | molā | molīs |
Vocative | mola | molae |
Hyponyms edit
- mola aquāria (“water mill”)
- mola asināria (“Roman stone hand mill, worked by a donkey or mule”)
Derived terms edit
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “mola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Lower Sorbian edit
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mola f animal
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Northern Sami edit
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mola
- inflection of mollat:
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
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mola m animal
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mola m inan
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian molla (“spring”).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɔlɐ
- Hyphenation: mo‧la
Noun edit
mola f (plural molas)
- spring (device made of flexible material)
- (Portugal) clothes peg (object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline)
- (Mozambique, informal) money
References edit
- ^ “mola” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “mola” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ملا (molla), from Persian ملا (mollâ), from Arabic مَوْلًى (mawlan, “vicar, guardian”).
Noun edit
mola f (uncountable)
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Scottish Gaelic edit
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mola m
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mola
- inflection of molar:
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mola
Swahili edit
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Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
mola (n class, no plural)
- Alternative letter-case form of Mola
Swedish edit
Verb edit
mola (present molar, preterite molade, supine molat, imperative mola)
- to ache with a dull continuous pain
- Tanden molar
- The tooth is aching
- (regional, Hälsingland region) to eat a thing by itself that would normally be eaten with something else
- Sluta mola ost!
- Stop eating just cheese (and make a sandwich if you are going to eat cheese)!
Conjugation edit
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | mola | molas | ||
Supine | molat | molats | ||
Imperative | mola | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | molen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | molar | molade | molas | molades |
Ind. plural1 | mola | molade | molas | molades |
Subjunctive2 | mole | molade | moles | molades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | molande | |||
Past participle | molad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
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Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish موله (mola), from Venetian moła, 2nd person imperative of Venetian mołar.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mola (definite accusative molayı, plural molalar)
Declension edit
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Nominative | mola | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | molayı | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | mola | molalar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | molayı | molaları | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | molaya | molalara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | molada | molalarda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | moladan | molalardan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | molanın | molaların | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mola
- Nasal mutation of bola.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
bola | fola | mola | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |