mandibula

See also: mandíbula

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Late Latin mandibula (“a jaw”), from mandō (“to chew, masticate”) +‎ -bula (instrument noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /manˈdɪb.jʊl.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mænˈdɪb.jəl.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɪbjʊlə

Noun

mandibula (plural mandibulae)

1. Obsolete form of mandible.

References

• “mandibula”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English mandible), ultimately from Late Latin mandibula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑndibulɑ/, [ˈmɑndiˌbulɑ]
• Rhymes: -ulɑ
• Syllabification^(key): man‧di‧bu‧la

Noun

mandibula

1. mandible

Declension

Inflection of mandibula (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		mandibula	mandibulat
genitive		mandibulan	mandibulojen
partitive		mandibulaa	mandibuloja
illative		mandibulaan	mandibuloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		mandibula	mandibulat
accusative	nom.	mandibula	mandibulat
	gen.	mandibulan
genitive		mandibulan	mandibulojen mandibulainrare
partitive		mandibulaa	mandibuloja
inessive		mandibulassa	mandibuloissa
elative		mandibulasta	mandibuloista
illative		mandibulaan	mandibuloihin
adessive		mandibulalla	mandibuloilla
ablative		mandibulalta	mandibuloilta
allative		mandibulalle	mandibuloille
essive		mandibulana	mandibuloina
translative		mandibulaksi	mandibuloiksi
instructive		—	mandibuloin
abessive		mandibulatta	mandibuloitta
comitative		—	mandibuloineen

Possessive forms of mandibula (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	mandibulani	mandibulamme
2nd person	mandibulasi	mandibulanne
3rd person	mandibulansa

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /manˈdi.bu.la/, [män̪ˈd̪ɪbʊɫ̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /manˈdi.bu.la/, [män̪ˈd̪iːbulä]

Etymology 1

From mandō (“to chew, masticate”) +‎ -bula (instrument noun suffix).

Alternative forms

• mandibulum

Noun

mandibula f (genitive mandibulae); first declension (Late Latin)

1. a jaw

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mandibula	mandibulae
Genitive	mandibulae	mandibulārum
Dative	mandibulae	mandibulīs
Accusative	mandibulam	mandibulās
Ablative	mandibulā	mandibulīs
Vocative	mandibula	mandibulae

Descendants

Descendants of mandibula in other languages

• → Catalan: mandíbula
• → English: mandibula
• → French: mandibule
• → Galician: mandíbula
• → Italian: mandibola
• Middle English:
  • English: mandible
• → Portuguese: mandíbula
• → Romanian: mandibulă
• → Spanish: mandíbula

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mandibula n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mandibulum

References

• “mandibula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mandibula 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)
• mandibula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette