mola

See also möla, mõla, and Mola

English

Kuna woman selling molas in Panama City.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈməʊ.lə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈmoʊ.lə/

Noun

mola (plural molas)

1. A traditional textile art form of the Kuna people of Panama and Colombia. A mola consists of cloth panels, made to wear on clothing, which feature 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.

2. a sunfish, Mola mola

Translations

traditional textile art using reverse appliqué

Anagrams

• LMAO, loam

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmola/
• Hyphenation: mo‧la

Adjective

mola (plural molaj, accusative singular molan, accusative plural molajn)

1. soft

Derived terms

• mole (“softly”)

Antonyms

• malmola

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Adjective

mola

1. soft

Antonyms

• harda

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈmˠɔlˠə]

Verb

mola

1. present subjunctive analytic of mol

Usage notes

Used with a noun or pronoun (in the standard language, mé, tú, sé, sí, sibh, siad or their emphatic equivalents) as the subject.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mola	mhola	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin mola.

Noun

mola f (plural mole)

1. millstone
2. grindstone

Related terms

• molare
• molatrice

See also

• macina

Verb

mola

1. third-person singular present indicative of molare
2. second-person singular imperative of molare

See also

• molla

Anagrams

• almo
• malo

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *melh₁- (“to grind, crush”),

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈmo.la/

Noun

mola (genitive molae); f, first declension

1. millstone
2. mill
3. ground meal

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	mola	molae
genitive	molae	molārum
dative	molae	molīs
accusative	molam	molās
ablative	molā	molīs
vocative	mola	molae

Derived terms

• molāris
• molārius
• molō

Related terms

• molitiō
• molitor
• molīnus

Descendants

Aromanian: moarã Catalan: mola French: meule Italian: mola Occitan: mòla

Portuguese: mó Romanian: moară Sardinian: moa, mola, mora Spanish: muela Venetian: moła

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Portuguese

mola

Etymology

From Italian molla.

Noun

mola f (plural molas)

1. spring (device made of flexible material)

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

mola m

1. Genitive of mol.

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Spanish

Verb

mola (infinitive molar)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of molar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of molar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of molar.