mula
English edit
Noun edit
mula (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of moola
Anagrams edit
A-Pucikwar edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Great Andamanese *mulə.
Noun edit
mula
References edit
- Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, pg. 22 (2009)
Ayutla Mixtec edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
mula
References edit
- 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
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mula f (plural mules)
- female equivalent of mul
- tree spurge
- Synonym: lleterassa
- callus
- garfish
- Synonym: agulla prima
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “mula” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Corsican edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin mula, feminine of mulus.
Noun edit
mula f (masculine mulu, plural mule)
Etymology 2 edit
From its scientific name Mola mola.
Noun edit
mula f (plural mule)
Synonyms edit
References edit
- “mula” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mula f
Declension edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
Dharug edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
mula
- 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)
References edit
- Troy, Jakelin (1994). “The Sydney Language”, Macquarie Aboriginal Words. Sydney: Macquarie Library, 66.
Dupaningan Agta edit
Noun edit
mula
Franco-Provençal edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
mula f (plural mules) (ORB large)
References edit
- mule in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
- mula in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
Further information edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “mūlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 211
Galician edit
Verb edit
mula
- inflection of mulir:
Gamilaraay edit
Adjective edit
mula
References edit
- (2006). “Gaay Garay Dhadhin, Gamilaraay and Yuwalaraay Picture Dictionary”
Hausa edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mùla (grade 3)
Higaonon edit
Verb edit
mula
- to plant
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay mula, from Sanskrit मूल (mūla).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mula (first-person possessive mulaku, second-person possessive mulamu, third-person possessive mulanya)
Affixed terms edit
Further reading edit
- “mula” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mula f (plural mule, masculine mulo)
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Feminine of mūlus; mūlus + -a (feminine suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmuː.la/, [ˈmuːɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmu.la/, [ˈmuːlä]
Noun edit
mūla f (genitive mūlae); first declension
- female mule, she-mule
Declension edit
First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -īs or -ābus).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mūla | mūlae |
Genitive | mūlae | mūlārum |
Dative | mūlae | mūlīs mūlābus |
Accusative | mūlam | mūlās |
Ablative | mūlā | mūlīs mūlābus |
Vocative | mūla | mūlae |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “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)
Lower Sorbian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mula f animal (masculine mul)
- female mule
Declension edit
Noun edit
mula
- inflection of mul:
Further reading edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit मूल (mūla).
Pronunciation edit
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): [mulə, -la, -laʔ]
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): [mula, -lə, -laʔ]
- Rhymes: -ula, -la, -a
Noun edit
mula (Jawi spelling مولا, informal 1st possessive mulaku, 2nd possessive mulamu, 3rd possessive mulanya)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: mula
Verb edit
bermula
- (intransitive) to begin, start
- Segalanya bermula di sini.
- Everything begins here.
Verb edit
memulakan
- (transitive) to begin, to start, to commence
- Mulakan enjin sekarang.
- Start your engines now.
Further reading edit
- “mula” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Maltese edit
Root |
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w-l-j |
8 terms |
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mula m (plural mwiel)
Derived terms edit
Old Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin mūla, feminine of mūlus (“mule”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mula f (plural mulas)
- mule
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 38v:
- 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.”
Descendants edit
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
mula f
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Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
mula m animal
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
mula
Further reading edit
- mula in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin mūla. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese mua.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ulɐ
- Hyphenation: mu‧la
Noun edit
mula f (plural mulas)
- female equivalent of mulo
- (figuratively, derogatory) a stupid person (regardless of sex)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
a mula (third-person singular present mulează, past participle mulat) 1st conj.
- to mold
Conjugation edit
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 edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mȕla f (Cyrillic spelling му̏ла)
- mule (offspring of male donkey and female horse)
Declension edit
References edit
- “mula” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
múla f
- mule (offspring of male donkey and female horse)
Inflection edit
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 |
Further reading edit
- “mula”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish mula, from Latin mūla, feminine of mūlus (“mule”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mula f (plural mulas)
- female equivalent of mulo (“mule”)
- trash
- (Latin America) traitor
- (Mexico) a smart, somewhat abusive person
Hypernyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “mula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Swedish mule, via German, from Latin mulus.
Noun edit
mula c
Declension edit
Declension of mula | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mula | mulan | mulor | mulorna |
Genitive | mulas | mulans | mulors | mulornas |
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From mule (“muzzle”).
Verb edit
mula (present mular, preterite mulade, supine mulat, imperative mula)
- (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.
- (by extension, colloquial) to rub something in someone’s face
- 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.
- Synonym: pula
Usage notes edit
- 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.
Conjugation edit
Active | Passive | |||
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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 |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | mulande | |||
Past participle | mulad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Synonyms edit
- bryna (Gotland, Värmland)
- gnosa (Västergötland)
- grosa (Västergötland)
- gura (Gothenburg)
- göra (Västergötland)
- kröna
- molla
- muddra (Roslagen)
- mulla (Uppland)
- myla (Östergötland)
- mylla (Småland)
- målla
- möla (Västergötland)
- mösa
- pesa (Finland Swedish)
- pula (Närke, Västmanland, Uppland, Hälsingland, Åland)
- purra (Jämtland, Gästrikland)
- sylta (Gothenburg)
- tryna (Värmland)
Etymology 3 edit
From Romani.
Verb edit
mula
References edit
- “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 edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit मूल (mūla, “root; origin”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /muˈlaʔ/ [mʊˈlaʔ]
- Rhymes: -aʔ
- Syllabification: mu‧la
Preposition edit
mulâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)
Noun edit
mulâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)
- (formal, archaic) origin
- Synonyms: orihen, pinagmulan, pinanggalingan
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Spanish mula, from Latin mūla.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmula/ [ˈmu.lɐ]
- Rhymes: -ula
- Syllabification: mu‧la
Noun edit
mula (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)
- mule (sterile hybrid of donkey and horse)
Etymology 3 edit
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).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmula/ [ˈmu.lɐ]
- Rhymes: -ula
- Syllabification: mu‧la
Noun edit
mula (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)
- mule (backless shoe)
Etymology 4 edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /muˈla/ [mʊˈla]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: mu‧la
Verb edit
mulá (complete nula, progressive nunula, contemplative pupula, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)
Etymology 5 edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmulaʔ/ [ˈmu.lɐʔ]
- Rhymes: -ulaʔ
- Syllabification: mu‧la
Verb edit
mulà (complete nula, progressive nunula, contemplative pupula, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)
References edit
Volapük edit
Noun edit
mula
Warlpiri edit
Noun edit
mula
Yogad edit
Noun edit
mulá
- a plant
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- A-Pucikwar terms inherited from Proto-Great Andamanese
- A-Pucikwar terms derived from Proto-Great Andamanese
- A-Pucikwar lemmas
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- apq:Eggs
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- ca:Beloniform fish
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- ca:Skin
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- co:Female animals
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- co:Tetraodontiforms
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- Rhymes:Czech/ula
- Rhymes:Czech/ula/2 syllables
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- cs:Equids
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- Rhymes:Italian/ula
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- pl:Buddhism
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