gula

English

Etymology

From Latin gula (“throat, gullet”).

Noun

gula (plural gulas or gulae)

1. The upper front of the neck, next to the chin; the upper throat.
2. (zoology) A plate which in most insects supports the submentum.
3. (architecture) A capping moulding; a cymatium.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Icelandic

Etymology

From gulur (“yellow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkʏːla/

  Rhymes: -ʏːla

Noun

gula f (genitive singular gulu, uncountable)

1. jaundice

Declension

declension of gula

f-w1	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	gula	gulan
accusative	gulu	guluna
dative	gulu	gulunni
genitive	gulu	gulunnar

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay gula.

Noun

gula

1. sugar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink)

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”). Cognate with Old Armenian կուլ- (kul-).

Noun

gula (genitive gulae); f, first declension

1. gullet, throat, palate
2. gluttony, greediness
3. vocative singular of gula

gulā f

1. ablative singular of gula

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	gula	gulae
genitive	gulae	gulārum
dative	gulae	gulīs
accusative	gulam	gulās
ablative	gulā	gulīs
vocative	gula	gulae

Derived terms

• gulōsus

Descendants

• Aromanian: gurã
• Catalan: gola
• Dalmatian: gaula
• English: gullet
• French: gueule
• Italian: gola

• Portuguese: gola, gula
• Romanian: gură
• Romansch: gula
• Sicilian: gula, ula
• Spanish: gola, gula

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Malay

Alternative forms

• ݢولا

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /gulə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /gula/
• Rhymes: -ulə, -lə, -ə

Noun

gula (Jawi spelling ݢولا)

1. sugar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink)

Synonyms

• sakar / ساکر

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin gula.

Noun

gula f (plural gulas)

1. gluttony

Related terms

• gulodice
• guloso

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Rohingya

Noun

gula

1. fruit

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin gula, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”).

Noun

gula f (plural gulas)

1. (anatomy) throat
2. (Surmiran) desire, craving, appetite, lust, pleasure, fancy

Derived terms

• (Puter, Vallader) gulacotschen
• (Surmiran) gulard

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gula. Cf. the doublet gola.

Noun

gula f (plural gulas)

1. gluttony (The habit of eating in excess. Personified as one of the Seven Deadly Sins)
2. gourmandizing

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡʉː.la/

Adjective

gula

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of gul

Noun

gula c

1. a yolk (the yellow of an egg)

Declension

Declension of gula

	singular		plural
common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gula	gulan	gulor	gulorna
genitive	gulas	gulans	gulors	gulornas

Synonyms

• äggula