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mula

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English

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mula (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of moola

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A-Pucikwar

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Etymology

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From Proto-Great Andamanese *mulə.

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mula

  1. egg

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Ayutla Mixtec

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Borrowed from Spanish mula.

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mula

  1. mule

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  • Hills O., Roberto, et al. (2004) Diccionario lulu ña̱ sanyaꞌá xiinꞌ nya̱nya̱ = Pequeño diccionario ilustrado en el mixteco de Ayutla, Gro.‎[1] (overall work in Ayutla Mixtec and Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 7

Betawi

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Classical Malay mula, from Sanskrit मूल (mūla).

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    mula

    1. start, beginning

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    Catalan

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    mula f (plural mules)

    1. female equivalent of mul
    2. tree spurge
      Synonym: lleterassa
    3. callus
    4. garfish
      Synonym: agulla prima

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    Corsican

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    Una mula (1)
     
    Una mula (2)

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    Etymology 1

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    From Latin mula, feminine of mulus.

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    mula f (masculine mulu, plural mule)

    1. she-mule

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    From its scientific name Mola mola.

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    mula f (plural mule)

    1. sunfish, ocean sunfish (Mola mola)
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    • “mula” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

    Czech

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    mula

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    • IPA(key): [ˈmula]
    • Hyphenation: mu‧la
    • Rhymes: -ula

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    mula f

    1. mule (hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse)
      Synonym: mul

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    Declension of mula (hard feminine)
    singular plural
    nominative mula muly
    genitive muly mul
    dative mule mulám
    accusative mulu muly
    vocative mulo muly
    locative mule mulách
    instrumental mulou mulami

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    Further reading

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    • “mula”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
    • “mula”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

    Dharug

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    mula

    1. man
      • 1793, Watkin Tench, A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson:
        One of our party lifted with ease two of them from the ground, in spite of their efforts to prevent him, whereas in return, no one of them could move him. They called him ‘murree mulla’ (a large strong man).
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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    • Troy, Jakelin (1994). “The Sydney Language”, Macquarie Aboriginal Words. Sydney: Macquarie Library, 66.

    Dupaningan Agta

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    mula

    1. crop; something to be planted

    Franco-Provençal

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Latin mūla.

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    mula f (plural mules) (ORB, broad)

    1. female mule
      Coordinate term: mulèt m

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    • mule in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
    • mula in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

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    Galician

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    mula

    1. inflection of mulir:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative

    Gamilaraay

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    Adjective

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    mula

    1. soft

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    • (2006). “Gaay Garay Dhadhin, Gamilaraay and Yuwalaraay Picture Dictionary”

    Hausa

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    • IPA(key): /mù.lá/
      • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [mʊ̀.lə́]

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    mùla (grade 3)

    1. (obsolete) to disappear, be gone

    Higaonon

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    mula

    1. to plant

    Indonesian

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    Etymology

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    From Malay mula, from Sanskrit मूल (mūla).

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    • IPA(key): /mula/
    • Hyphenation: mu‧la

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    mula (plural mula-mula)

    1. origin

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    Italian

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    • IPA(key): /ˈmu.la/
    • Rhymes: -ula
    • Hyphenation: mù‧la

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    mula f (plural mule, masculine mulo)

    1. she-mule

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    Latin

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    Etymology

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      Feminine of mūlus; mūlus +‎ -a (feminine suffix).

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      mūla f (genitive mūlae); first declension

      1. female mule, she-mule

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      First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -īs or dative/ablative plural in -ābus).

      singular plural
      nominative mūla mūlae
      genitive mūlae mūlārum
      dative mūlae mūlīs
      mūlābus
      accusative mūlam mūlās
      ablative mūlā mūlīs
      mūlābus
      vocative mūla mūlae
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      • Aragonese: mula
      • Franco-Provençal: mula
      • French: mule
      • Old Galician-Portuguese: mua, mũa, muha
      • → Old Galician-Portuguese: mula
      • → Old Spanish: mula

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      • “mula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
      • “mula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
      • "mula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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      mula f (masculine mul)

      1. female mule

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      declension of mula
      Singular Dual Plural
      Nominative mula muli mule
      Genitive mule mulowu mulow
      Dative muli muloma mulam
      Accusative mulu muli mule
      Instrumental mulu muloma mulami
      Locative muli muloma mulach

      Noun

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      mula

      1. inflection of mul:
        1. genitive/accusative singular
        2. nominative dual

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      • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “mula”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
      • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “mula”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

      Malay

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        Borrowed from Sanskrit मूल (mūla).

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        mula (Jawi spelling مولا)

        1. the beginning, the start
          dari mula lagi
          since the beginning
        2. (medicine) onset
          mula demam ― onset of fever.

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        Verb

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        bermula

        1. (intransitive) to begin, start
          Segalanya bermula di sini.
          Everything begins here.

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        memulakan

        1. (transitive) to begin, to start, to commence
          Mulakan enjin sekarang.
          Start your engines now.

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        Maltese

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        Root
        w-l-j
        8 terms

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        From Arabic مَوْلَى (mawlā).

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        mula m (plural mwiel)

        1. (obsolete) landlord

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        Old English

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        mūla

        1. genitive plural of mūl

        Old Galician-Portuguese

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        Etymology

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          Learned borrowing from Latin mūla, from mūlus + -a. Doublet of mua.

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          mula f (plural mulas)

          1. female equivalent of mulo (“female mule”)
            Synonyms: mũacha, mua

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          Old Spanish

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            Etymology tree
            Proto-Italic *mukslos
            Latin mūlus
            Latin -a
            Latin mūla
            Old Spanish mula

            From Latin mūla, feminine of mūlus (“mule”).

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            mula f (plural mulas)

            1. mule
              • 13th century, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, page 38vb:
                E dixo acab a abdias ue ala tr̃a por las fontanas todas de las tr̃as ⁊ por las torriẽtes quiçab trobaremos yerba ont biuan los cauallos elas mulas e nõ p̃damos las beſtias.
                And Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go into the land to every fountain throughout the land and to the brooks. Perhaps we will find grass on which the horses and mules can live, that we may not lose the beasts.”

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            Polish

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            Pronunciation

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            • IPA(key): /ˈmu.la/
            • Rhymes: -ula
            • Syllabification: mu‧la

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            (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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            mula f

            1. (Buddhism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
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            Declension of mula
            singular plural
            nominative mula mule
            genitive muli mul
            dative muli mulom
            accusative mulę mule
            instrumental mulą mulami
            locative muli mulach
            vocative mulo mule

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            See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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            mula m animal

            1. genitive/accusative singular of mul

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            See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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            mula

            1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of muli

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            • mula in Polish dictionaries at PWN

            Portuguese

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              Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mula, borrowed from Latin mūla, from mūlus + -a. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese mua.

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              • Rhymes: -ulɐ
              • Hyphenation: mu‧la

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              mula f (plural mulas)

              1. mule (hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse)
                Coordinate term: bardoto
              2. (strictly, rare) female equivalent of mulo (“female mule”)
              3. (figuratively) a stubborn person
              4. (jargon) a pile of salt
              5. drug mule

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              Romanian

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              Etymology

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              Borrowed from French mouler.

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              a mula (third-person singular present mulează, past participle mulat) 1st conjugation

              1. to mold

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                  conjugation of mula (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
              infinitive a mula
              gerund mulând
              past participle mulat
              number singular plural
              person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
              indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
              present mulez mulezi mulează mulăm mulați mulează
              imperfect mulam mulai mula mulam mulați mulau
              simple perfect mulai mulași mulă mularăm mularăți mulară
              pluperfect mulasem mulaseși mulase mulaserăm mulaserăți mulaseră
              subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
              present să mulez să mulezi să muleze să mulăm să mulați să muleze
              imperative — tu — — voi —
              affirmative mulează mulați
              negative nu mula nu mulați

              Serbo-Croatian

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              Etymology

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              From Latin mūla.

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              • IPA(key): /mûla/
              • Hyphenation: mu‧la

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              mȕla f (Cyrillic spelling му̏ла)

              1. mule (offspring of male donkey and female horse)

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              Declension of mula
              singular plural
              nominative mȕla mule
              genitive mule mȗlā
              dative muli mulama
              accusative mulu mule
              vocative mulo mule
              locative muli mulama
              instrumental mulom mulama

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              • “mula”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

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              múla f

              1. mule (offspring of male donkey and female horse)

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              		 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
              Feminine, a-stem
              nom. sing. múla
              gen. sing. múle
              singular dual plural
              nominative
              (imenovȃlnik)               		múla múli múle
              genitive
              (rodȋlnik)               		múle múl múl
              dative
              (dajȃlnik)               		múli múlama múlam
              accusative
              (tožȋlnik)               		múlo múli múle
              locative
              (mẹ̑stnik)               		múli múlah múlah
              instrumental
              (orọ̑dnik)               		múlo múlama múlami

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              • “mula”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

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              Etymology

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              Inherited from Old Spanish mula, from Latin mūla, feminine of mūlus (“mule”).

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              • IPA(key): /ˈmula/ [ˈmu.la]
              • Audio (Spain):(file)
              • Rhymes: -ula
              • Syllabification: mu‧la

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              mula f (plural mulas)

              1. female equivalent of mulo (“mule”)
              2. trash
              3. (Latin America) traitor
              4. (Mexico) a smart, somewhat abusive person

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              Swedish

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              Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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              mula (1)
               
              Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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              Etymology 1

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              From Old Swedish mule, via German, from Latin mulus.

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              mula c

              1. mule (a generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse)
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              Declension of mula
              nominative genitive
              singular indefinite mula mulas
              definite mulan mulans
              plural indefinite mulor mulors
              definite mulorna mulornas
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              Etymology 2

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              From mule (“muzzle”).

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              mula (present mular, preterite mulade, supine mulat, imperative mula)

              1. (colloquial) to rub snow in someone's face
                • 2006, “16-åring friad från snöbollsmisshandel [16-year-old released in court from snowball abuse]”, in Sydsvenskan‎[2]:
                  Kamraten sade i tingsrätten att han bara tog tag i 16-åringen och mulade honom med snö innan han släppte taget.
                  His friend said in district court that he only grabbed the 16-year-old and rubbed snow in his face before letting go.
              2. (by extension, colloquial) to rub something in someone’s face
                Synonym: pula
                • 2008, P J Anders Linder, “En ding, ding, ding, ding värld? [A mad, mad, mad, mad world?]”, in Svenska Dagbladet‎[3]:
                  Bäst som Barack Obama stod och övade segergester framför hallspegeln ringde Reuters på dörren och mulade honom med gratulationstårtan.
                  Just as Barack Obama stood in front of his hall mirror, practicing victory gestures, Reuters called on the door and rubbed a congratulatory cake in his face.
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              • This verb for rubbing snow in someone’s face is known for its many dialectal synonyms, and in a survey made in 2006 by the radio programme Språket i P1, they received 95 synonyms for this word based on 5800 replies, mula being the most common one.
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              Conjugation of mula (weak)
              active passive
              infinitive mula mulas
              supine mulat mulats
              imperative mula —
              imper. plural1 mulen —
              present past present past
              indicative mular mulade mulas mulades
              ind. plural1 mula mulade mulas mulades
              subjunctive2 mule mulade mules mulades
              present participle mulande
              past participle mulad

              1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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              From Romani.

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              mula

              1. (slang) (intransitive) to die
              2. (slang) (transitive) to kill somebody

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              • “Om 95 olika ord för att gnida in snö i ansiktet [About 95 different words for rubbing snow in someone’s face]”, in Språket i P1‎[4], Sveriges Radio, 2006 January 10, retrieved 23 October 2019
              • mula in Svensk ordbok (SO)

              Tagalog

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              Etymology 1

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              Borrowed from Sanskrit मूल (mūla, “root; origin”).

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              mulâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)

              1. from
                Synonyms: galing, buhat

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              mulâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)

              1. (formal, archaic) origin
                Synonyms: orihen, pinagmulan, pinanggalingan
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              Borrowed from Spanish mula, from Latin mūla.

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              mula (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)

              1. mule (sterile hybrid of donkey and horse)

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              Borrowed from Spanish mula, from Medieval Latin mula (“slipper, shoe with a thick sole”), presumably from classical Latin mulleus, the dyed shoe of either the patricians or senators, from Ancient Greek μύλλος (múllos).

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              mula (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)

              1. mule (backless shoe)

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              mulá (complete nula, progressive nunula, contemplative pupula, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ) (obsolete)

              1. Apheretic form of pumula: to turn red

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              mulà (complete nula, progressive nunula, contemplative pupula, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ) (obsolete)

              1. Apheretic form of pumula: to criticize

              References

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              • “mula”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
              • Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 834.

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              Volapük

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              mula

              1. genitive singular of mul

              Warlpiri

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              mula

              1. egg

              Yogad

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              mulá

              1. a plant
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