muta

See also: múta, mutá, mutà, and muṱa

English

Noun

muta (uncountable)

1. (US, slang) Alternative form of mootah (“marijuana”)

See also

• persona muta

Anagrams

• Atum, Tuam, Tuma

Bongo

Numeral

muta

1. three

Catalan

Verb

muta

1. inflection of mutar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Cebuano

Noun

muta

1. rheum in the eyes; gound

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian muto, German Muta, English mute, all from Latin mūtus (“mute, silent”). Compare French muet, Portuguese and Spanish mudo, Catalan and Romanian mut.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈmuta]
• Rhymes: -uta
• Hyphenation: mu‧ta

Adjective

muta (accusative singular mutan, plural mutaj, accusative plural mutajn)

1. mute, speechless

Derived terms

• muteco
• muti

Related terms

• silenta

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muta, from Proto-Uralic *muďa. Cognate with Estonian muda, Veps muda, Karelian muta, Erzya мода (moda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmutɑ/, [ˈmut̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -utɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mu‧ta

Noun

muta

1. mire, mud; decaying organic matter in the bottom of a lake etc.

Declension

Inflection of muta (Kotus type 10*F/koira, t-d gradation)
nominative		muta	mudat
genitive		mudan	mutien
partitive		mutaa	mutia
illative		mutaan	mutiin
		singular	plural
nominative		muta	mudat
accusative	nom.	muta	mudat
	gen.	mudan
genitive		mudan	mutien mutain rare
partitive		mutaa	mutia
inessive		mudassa	mudissa
elative		mudasta	mudista
illative		mutaan	mutiin
adessive		mudalla	mudilla
ablative		mudalta	mudilta
allative		mudalle	mudille
essive		mutana	mutina
translative		mudaksi	mudiksi
abessive		mudatta	muditta
instructive		—	mudin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of muta (Kotus type 10*F/koira, t-d gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mutani mutani accusative nom. mutani mutani gen. mutani genitive mutani mutieni mutaini rare partitive mutaani mutiani inessive mudassani mudissani elative mudastani mudistani illative mutaani mutiini adessive mudallani mudillani ablative mudaltani mudiltani allative mudalleni mudilleni essive mutanani mutinani translative mudakseni mudikseni abessive mudattani mudittani instructive — — comitative — mutineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mutasi mutasi accusative nom. mutasi mutasi gen. mutasi genitive mutasi mutiesi mutaisi rare partitive mutaasi mutiasi inessive mudassasi mudissasi elative mudastasi mudistasi illative mutaasi mutiisi adessive mudallasi mudillasi ablative mudaltasi mudiltasi allative mudallesi mudillesi essive mutanasi mutinasi translative mudaksesi mudiksesi abessive mudattasi mudittasi instructive — — comitative — mutinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mutamme mutamme accusative nom. mutamme mutamme gen. mutamme genitive mutamme mutiemme mutaimme rare partitive mutaamme mutiamme inessive mudassamme mudissamme elative mudastamme mudistamme illative mutaamme mutiimme adessive mudallamme mudillamme ablative mudaltamme mudiltamme allative mudallemme mudillemme essive mutanamme mutinamme translative mudaksemme mudiksemme abessive mudattamme mudittamme instructive — — comitative — mutinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mutanne mutanne accusative nom. mutanne mutanne gen. mutanne genitive mutanne mutienne mutainne rare partitive mutaanne mutianne inessive mudassanne mudissanne elative mudastanne mudistanne illative mutaanne mutiinne adessive mudallanne mudillanne ablative mudaltanne mudiltanne allative mudallenne mudillenne essive mutananne mutinanne translative mudaksenne mudiksenne abessive mudattanne mudittanne instructive — — comitative — mutinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative mutansa mutansa accusative nom. mutansa mutansa gen. mutansa genitive mutansa mutiensa mutainsa rare partitive mutaansa mutiaan mutiansa inessive mudassaan mudassansa mudissaan mudissansa elative mudastaan mudastansa mudistaan mudistansa illative mutaansa mutiinsa adessive mudallaan mudallansa mudillaan mudillansa ablative mudaltaan mudaltansa mudiltaan mudiltansa allative mudalleen mudallensa mudilleen mudillensa essive mutanaan mutanansa mutinaan mutinansa translative mudakseen mudaksensa mudikseen mudiksensa abessive mudattaan mudattansa mudittaan mudittansa instructive — — comitative — mutineen mutinensa

Derived terms

• mutainen
• Mutanen
• mutiainen

 

compounds

• aasianmutakala
• mutaharakka
• mutakakku
• mutakala
• mutakerros
• mutakerrostuma
• mutakivi
• mutakuono
• mutakuoppa
• mutakylpy
• mutapaini
• mutapainija
• mutasara
• mutasarja
• mutasilmä
• mutavyöry
• pohjamuta

 

See also

• multa
• musta

Further reading

• “muta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• matu, maut, tuma

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

muta

1. third-person singular past historic of muter

Anagrams

• muât

Galician

Verb

muta

1. inflection of mutar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muta. Cognates include Finnish muta and Estonian muda.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmutɑ/, [ˈmutɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmutɑ/, [ˈmud̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -utɑ
• Hyphenation: mu‧ta

Noun

muta

1. mud, mire (decaying matter at the bottom of a river or lake)

Declension

Declension of muta (type 3/koira, t- gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	muta	muat
genitive	muan	muttiin
partitive	muttaa	muttia
illative	muttaa	muttii
inessive	muas	muis
elative	muast	muist
allative	mualle	muille
adessive	mual	muil
ablative	mualt	muilt
translative	muaks	muiks
essive	mutanna, muttaan	mutinna, muttiin
exessive1)	mutant	mutint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• muakas

 

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 315

Irish

Noun

muta m (genitive singular muta, nominative plural mutaí)

1. Alternative form of buta (“butt; thick end, stock; butte; stocky person”)

Declension

Declension of muta

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative muta mutaí Vocative a mhuta a mhutaí Genitive muta mutaí Dative muta mutaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an muta na mutaí Genitive an mhuta na mutaí Dative leis an muta don mhuta leis na mutaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
muta	mhuta	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ta/
• Rhymes: -uta
• Hyphenation: mù‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from mutare (“to change”) +‎ -a.

Noun

muta f (plural mute)

1. (uncommon) change (act of changing; act of replacing)

   Synonym: cambio

2. (zoology) moult, moulting, molt, shedding, ecdysis
3. (military) surveillance shift
4. (by extension) replacement

   Synonym: cambio

5. (clothing) wetsuit
6. (poetry, archaic) each of the two tercets in a Petrarchan sonnet

   Hypernym: terzina

Related terms

• mutante
• mutare
• mutazione
• mutevole

 

Further reading

• Muta (biologia) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• Muta subacquea on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• muta¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French meute, from Middle French meute, from Old French meute, muete, from Vulgar Latin *movita, feminine of *movitus, from the perfect passive participle form of moveō (“to move”).

Noun

muta f (plural mute)

1. (hunting) pack (of hounds)
2. (by extension) a group of horses attached to a coach

See also

• cane
• cavallo

Further reading

• muta² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

Of Germanic origin.

Noun

muta f (plural mute)

1. (historical) tax, duty

   Synonym: dazio

2. (historical, by extension) customs

   Synonym: dogana

Further reading

• muta³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 4

Unknown.

Noun

muta f (plural mute)

1. (numismatics) the Piedmontese lira in the final years of the 18^th century

   Hypernym: lira

Further reading

• muta⁴ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

muta f sg

1. feminine singular of muto

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

muta

1. inflection of mutare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Ladin

Etymology

See mut.

Noun

muta f (plural mutans)

1. (Gherdëina) girl

Alternative forms

• möta (Badiot)
• beza, tousa (Fascian)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “age”): ëila
• (antonym(s) of “gender”): mut

Latin

Verb

mūtā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of mūtō

References

• muta 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)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

muta f (definite singular muta, indefinite plural muter or mutor, definite plural mutene or mutone)

1. definite singular of mute
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of mute

Verb

muta (present tense mutar, past tense muta, past participle muta, passive infinitive mutast, present participle mutande, imperative muta/mut)

1. alternative form of mute

Pipil

Etymology

Compare Classical Nahuatl motla (“to throw a rock/rocks at s.th./s.o.”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈmuta/

Verb

-muta

1. (transitive) to throw

   kimutak ne iashish

   He/she threw his/her urine

Derived terms

• -mutilia (“to throw at someone”)
• -tamuta (“to throw, to shoot”)
• -kutamuta (“to throw (one's body)”)
• -tajtamuta (“to throw various things”)

Portuguese

Verb

muta

1. inflection of mutar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mūtāre, present active infinitive of mūtō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

a muta (third-person singular present mută, past participle mutat) 1st conj.

1. to move, shift
2. (reflexive) to move to, relocate

Conjugation

    conjugation of muta (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a muta
gerund			mutând
past participle			mutat
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	mut	muți	mută	mutăm	mutați	mută
	imperfect	mutam	mutai	muta	mutam	mutați	mutau
	simple perfect	mutai	mutași	mută	mutarăm	mutarăți	mutară
	pluperfect	mutasem	mutaseși	mutase	mutaserăm	mutaserăți	mutaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să mut	să muți	să mute	să mutăm	să mutați	să mute
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		mută			mutați
	negative		nu muta			nu mutați

Derived terms

• mutare
• mutător

 

Related terms

• strămuta

See also

• mișca

Sicilian

Adjective

muta f sg

1. feminine singular of mutu

Spanish

Verb

muta

1. inflection of mutar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish múta, from Old Norse múta. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk mute f

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -²ʉːta

Noun

muta c

1. a bribe

Declension

Declension of muta
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	muta	mutan	mutor	mutorna
Genitive	mutas	mutans	mutors	mutornas

Verb

muta (present mutar, preterite mutade, supine mutat, imperative muta)

1. to bribe

Conjugation

Conjugation of muta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	muta		mutas
Supine	mutat		mutats
Imperative	muta		—
Imper. plural1	muten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	mutar	mutade	mutas	mutades
Ind. plural1	muta	mutade	mutas	mutades
Subjunctive2	mute	mutade	mutes	mutades
	Participles
Present participle	mutande
Past participle	mutad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• mutkolv

See also

• bestickning
• korruption

References

• muta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• muta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• muta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• mota — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *mutaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mutəq (“gummy secretion of the eyes”). Compare Ilocano muta, Bikol Central muta, Agutaynen metek, Cebuano muta, Hiligaynon muta, Northern Kankanay bota, Tboli mutok, Malagasy moty, and Nias mutõ.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmutaʔ/ [ˈmuː.t̪ɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -utaʔ
• Syllabification: mu‧ta

Noun

mutà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆ)

1. gound; mote; rheum or gummy secretion in the eyes

Derived terms

• himuta
• himutaan
• manghimuta
• mutain

 

See also

• mata
• puwing

 

Etymology 2

From elision of /h/ from mutha.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /muˈta/ [mʊˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: mu‧ta

Noun

mutá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆ)

1. Alternative spelling of mutha (“a kind of grass”)

References

• “muta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• tuma, umat

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *utaq, compare Malay muntah.

Verb

muta

1. to vomit

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muta.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmutɑ/, [ˈmutɑ]
• Rhymes: -utɑ
• Hyphenation: mu‧ta

Noun

muta

1. mud

Inflection

Declension of muta (type V/poikõ, t- gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	muta	muad
genitive	mua	mutijõ, mutii
partitive	mutta	mutiitõ, mutii
illative	muttasõ, mutta	mutiisõ
inessive	muaz	mutiiz
elative	muassõ	mutiissõ
allative	mualõ	mutiilõ
adessive	muallõ	mutiillõ
ablative	mualtõ	mutiiltõ
translative	muassi	mutiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “muta”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn