mola

See also: Mola, móla, molá, mõla, moła, and мола

English

Kuna woman selling molas in Panama City.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊ.lə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊ.lə/

Noun

mola (plural molas)

1. A traditional textile art form of the Kuna people of Panama and Colombia, consisting of cloth panels to be worn on clothing, featuring 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

• AMLO, LMAO, Malo, lmao, loam, loma, malo

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin mola.

Noun

mola f (plural moles)

1. millstone
2. grindstone

Derived terms

• esmolar
• molada
• molar
• moler
• molera
• moleta

 

Related terms

• molí

Etymology 2

From Latin mōlēs.

Noun

mola f (plural moles)

1. mass (something large)
2. sunfish

   Synonyms: bot, peix lluna

Related terms

• moll

Further reading

• “mola” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mola”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
• “mola” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mola” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Esperanto

Etymology

From French molle and Italian molle, both from Latin mollis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmola/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: mo‧la

Adjective

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

1. soft

Antonyms

• malmola

Derived terms

• mole (“softly”)

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Icelandic

Etymology

From moli (“fragment, piece”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔːla]
• Rhymes: -ɔːla

Verb

mola (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative molaði, supine molað)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to shatter, to smash

Conjugation

mola — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að mola
supine (sagnbót)		molað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		molandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég mola	við molum	present (nútíð)	ég moli	við molum
	þú molar	þið molið		þú molir	þið molið
	hann, hún, það molar	þeir, þær, þau mola		hann, hún, það moli	þeir, þær, þau moli
past (þátíð)	ég molaði	við moluðum	past (þátíð)	ég molaði	við moluðum
	þú molaðir	þið moluðuð		þú molaðir	þið moluðuð
	hann, hún, það molaði	þeir, þær, þau moluðu		hann, hún, það molaði	þeir, þær, þau moluðu
imperative (boðháttur)	mola (þú)	molið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	molaðu	moliði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

molast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að molast
supine (sagnbót)		molast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		molandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég molast	við molumst	present (nútíð)	ég molist	við molumst
	þú molast	þið molist		þú molist	þið molist
	hann, hún, það molast	þeir, þær, þau molast		hann, hún, það molist	þeir, þær, þau molist
past (þátíð)	ég molaðist	við moluðumst	past (þátíð)	ég molaðist	við moluðumst
	þú molaðist	þið moluðust		þú molaðist	þið moluðust
	hann, hún, það molaðist	þeir, þær, þau moluðust		hann, hún, það molaðist	þeir, þær, þau moluðust
imperative (boðháttur)	molast (þú)	molist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	molastu	molisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

molaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	molaður	moluð	molað		molaðir	molaðar	moluð
accusative (þolfall)	molaðan	molaða	molað		molaða	molaðar	moluð
dative (þágufall)	moluðum	molaðri	moluðu		moluðum	moluðum	moluðum
genitive (eignarfall)	molaðs	molaðrar	molaðs		molaðra	molaðra	molaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	molaði	molaða	molaða		moluðu	moluðu	moluðu
accusative (þolfall)	molaða	moluðu	molaða		moluðu	moluðu	moluðu
dative (þágufall)	molaða	moluðu	molaða		moluðu	moluðu	moluðu
genitive (eignarfall)	molaða	moluðu	molaða		moluðu	moluðu	moluðu

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Ido

Adjective

mola

1. soft

Antonyms

• harda

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Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɔlˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠʌlˠə/

Verb

mola

1. inflection of mol:
   1. present subjunctive analytic
   2. (obsolete) second-person singular present indicative

Mutation

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

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Italian

Una mola (angle grinder)

Una mola (bench grinder) in operazione

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.la/
• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Hyphenation: mò‧la

Etymology 1

From Latin mola, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).

Noun

mola f (plural mole)

1. millstone
2. grindstone
3. honing
4. (historical, Rome) water mill; especially one of the mills once found adjacent Isola Tiberina
5. (colloquial) angle grinder, disc grinder, side grinder (power tool with a perpendicular abrasive disc)

   Synonyms: smerigliatrice, molatrice, mola angolare, smerigliatrice angolare, molatrice angolare

6. (colloquial) bench grinder

   Synonyms: smerigliatrice, molatrice, mola da banco, smerigliatrice da banco, molatrice da banco

Related terms

• molare
• molatrice
• mulino / molino
• macina

See also

• macina

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mola

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

Anagrams

• almo, lamo, malo

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Karao

Noun

mola

1. plant

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Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰo-. Cognates include Latvian mala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔla/

Noun

mola f

1. edge

References

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *molā, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”). Cognate with Latin mollis, Ancient Greek μύλη (múlē), English meal. See also English maelstrom.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.la/, [ˈmɔɫ̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.la/, [ˈmɔːlä]

Noun

mola f (genitive molae); first declension

1. millstone
2. (especially plural) mill
3. ground meal

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mola	molae
Genitive	molae	molārum
Dative	molae	molīs
Accusative	molam	molās
Ablative	molā	molīs
Vocative	mola	molae

Hyponyms

• mola aquāria (“water mill”)
• mola asināria (“Roman stone hand mill, worked by a donkey or mule”)

Derived terms

• immolō
• molāris
• molārius
• molīle
• molō
• molūcrum

Related terms

• molitiō
• molitor
• molīnus

Descendants

• Aromanian: moarã
• Asturian: muela
• Catalan: mola
• Dutch: molen
• English: mill
• French: meule
• Friulian: muele
• Galician: moa

• Italian: mola
• Occitan: mòla
• Portuguese: mó
• Romanian: moară
• Sardinian: moa, mola, mora
• Sicilian: mola
• Spanish: muela
• Venetian: moła

References

• “mola”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• mola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Lower Sorbian

Noun

mola f

1. Superseded spelling of móla.

Declension

declension of mola

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	mola	moli	mole
Genitive	mole	molowu	molow
Dative	moli	moloma	molam
Accusative	molu	moli	mole
Instrumental	molu	moloma	molami
Locative	moli	moloma	molach

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmola/

Verb

mola

1. inflection of mollat:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.la/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Syllabification: mo‧la

Noun

mola m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of mól

Noun

mola m inan

1. genitive singular of mol

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Portuguese

mola

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian molla (“spring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.lɐ/, [ˈmɔ.lɐ]

• Hyphenation: mo‧la

Noun

mola f (plural molas)

1. spring (device made of flexible material)
2. (Portugal) clothes peg (object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline)

   Synonyms: (Madeira) grampo, (Brazil) prisão, (Brazil) prendedor, pregador

3. (Mozambique, informal) money

Further reading

• mola on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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Romanian

Etymology

From Turkish molla

Noun

mola f (uncountable)

1. mullah

Declension

declension of mola (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) mola	molaua
genitive/dative	(unei) -	-i
vocative

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

mola m

1. genitive singular of mol

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Spanish

Verb

mola

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.

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Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic مَوْلًى‎ (mawlan).

Noun

mola (n class, no plural)

1. God

   Synonyms: Mungu, Maulana

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish موله‎ (mola), from Venetian moła, 2nd person imperative of Venetian mołar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ɫa/
• Hyphenation: mo‧la

Noun

mola (definite accusative molayı, plural molalar)

1. rest, break, pause

Derived terms

• mola almak
• molalı
• molasız
• mola taşı
• mola vermek

 

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔla/

Noun

mola

1. Nasal mutation of bola.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bola	fola	mola	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.