mula

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See also: mulá, mūla, mulą, and muła

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

mula (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of moola

Anagrams[edit]

A-Pucikwar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Great Andamanese *mulə.

Noun[edit]

mula

  1. egg

References[edit]

Ayutla Mixtec[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish mula.

Noun[edit]

mula

  1. mule

References[edit]

  • Hills O., Roberto, et al. (2004) Diccionario lulu ña̱ sanyaꞌá xiinꞌ nya̱nya̱ = Pequeño diccionario ilustrado en el mixteco de Ayutla, Gro.‎[1] (in Ayutla Mixtec and Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 7

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mula f (plural mules)

  1. female equivalent of mul
  2. tree spurge
    Synonym: lleterassa
  3. callus
  4. garfish
    Synonym: agulla prima

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Corsican[edit]

Una mula (1)
Una mula (2)

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin mula, feminine of mulus.

Noun[edit]

mula f (masculine mulu, plural mule)

  1. she-mule

Etymology 2[edit]

From its scientific name Mola mola.

Noun[edit]

mula f (plural mule)

  1. sunfish, ocean sunfish (Mola mola)
Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “mula” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈmula]
  • Hyphenation: mu‧la
  • Rhymes: -ula

Noun[edit]

mula f

  1. mule (hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse)
    Synonym: mul

Declension[edit]

Declension of mula (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative mula muly
genitive muly mul
dative mule mulám
accusative mulu muly
vocative mulo muly
locative mule mulách
instrumental mulou mulami

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • mula in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • mula in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dharug[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

mula

  1. 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 quote)

References[edit]

  • Troy, Jakelin (1994). “The Sydney Language”, Macquarie Aboriginal Words. Sydney: Macquarie Library, 66.

Dupaningan Agta[edit]

Noun[edit]

mula

  1. crop; something to be planted

Franco-Provençal[edit]

Noun[edit]

mula f

  1. female equivalent of mulèt (“mule”)

Gamilaraay[edit]

Adjective[edit]

mula

  1. soft

References[edit]

  • (2006). “Gaay Garay Dhadhin, Gamilaraay and Yuwalaraay Picture Dictionary”

Hausa[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mù.lá/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [mʊ̀.lə́]

Verb[edit]

mùla (grade 3)

  1. (obsolete) to disappear, be gone

Higaonon[edit]

Verb[edit]

mula

  1. to plant

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay mula, from Sanskrit मूल (mūla).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mula/
  • Hyphenation: mu‧la

Noun[edit]

mula (first-person possessive mulaku, second-person possessive mulamu, third-person possessive mulanya)

  1. origin

Affixed terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmu.la/
  • Rhymes: -ula
  • Hyphenation: mù‧la

Noun[edit]

mula f (plural mule, masculine mulo)

  1. she-mule

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Feminine of mūlus; mūlus +‎ -a (feminine suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mūla f (genitive mūlae); first declension

  1. 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]

  • Aragonese: mula
  • French: mule
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: mua, mũa
    • Portuguese: mua
  • → Galician: mula
  • → Portuguese: mula

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 (masculine equivalent mul)

  1. female mule

Declension[edit]

declension of mula
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative mula muli mule
Genitive mule mulowu mulow
Dative muli muloma mulam
Accusative mulu muli mule
Instrumental mulu muloma mulami
Locative muli muloma mulach

Noun[edit]

mula

  1. inflection of mul:
    1. genitive/accusative singular
    2. nominative dual

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]

Noun[edit]

mula (Jawi spelling مولا‎, informal 1st possessive mulaku, 2nd possessive mulamu, 3rd possessive mulanya)

  1. the beginning, the start
    dari mula lagi
    since the beginning

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Verb[edit]

bermula

  1. (intransitive) to begin, start
    Segalanya bermula di sini.
    Everything begins here.

Verb[edit]

memulakan

  1. (transitive) to begin, to start, to commence
    Mulakan enjin sekarang.
    Start your engines now.

Further reading[edit]

Old Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin mūla, feminine of mūlus (“mule”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mula f (plural mulas)

  1. mule
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 38v.
      E dixo acab a abdias ue ala tŕa por las fontanas todas de las tŕas ¬ por las torriétes quiçab trobaremos yerba ont biuan los cauallos elas mulas e nó ṕdamos 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]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmu.la/
  • Rhymes: -ula
  • Syllabification: mu‧la

Noun[edit]

mula f

  1. (Buddhism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Declension[edit]

Declension of mula
singular plural
nominative mula mule
genitive muli mul
dative muli mulom
accusative mulę mule
instrumental mulą mulami
locative muli mulach
vocative mulo mule

Noun[edit]

mula m

  1. genitive/accusative singular of mul

Adjective[edit]

mula

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of muli

Further reading[edit]

  • mula in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • 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)

  1. female equivalent of mulo
  2. (figuratively, derogatory) a stupid person (regardless of sex)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French mouler.

Verb[edit]

a mula (third-person singular present mulează, past participle mulat) 1st conj.

  1. to mold

Conjugation[edit]

    conjugation of mula (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
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]

From Latin mūla.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mûla/
  • Hyphenation: mu‧la

Noun[edit]

mȕla f (Cyrillic spelling му̏ла)

  1. mule (offspring of male donkey and female horse)

Declension[edit]

Declension of mula
singular plural
nominative mȕla mule
genitive mule mȗlā
dative muli mulama
accusative mulu mule
vocative mulo mule
locative muli mulama
instrumental mulom mulama

References[edit]

  • “mula” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

múla f

  1. 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]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Spanish mula, from Latin mūla, feminine of mūlus (“mule”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmula/ [ˈmu.la]
  • Audio (Spain)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ula
  • Syllabification: mu‧la

Noun[edit]

mula f (plural mulas)

  1. female equivalent of mulo (“mule”)
  2. trash
  3. (Latin America) traitor
  4. (Mexico) a smart, somewhat abusive person

Hypernyms[edit]

Coordinate terms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
mula (1)
Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Swedish mule, via German, from Latin mulus.

Noun[edit]

mula c

  1. mule (a generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse)
Declension[edit]
Declension of mula 
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)

  1. (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.
  2. (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.
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]
Conjugation of mula (weak)
Active Passive
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]

Etymology 3[edit]

From Romani.

Verb[edit]

mula

  1. (slang) (intransitive) to die
  2. (slang) (transitive) to kill somebody

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, 10 January 2006, retrieved 23 October 2019
  • mula in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Tagalog[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Sanskrit मूल (mūla, “root; origin”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: mu‧la
  • IPA(key): /muˈlaʔ/, [mʊˈlaʔ]

Preposition[edit]

mulâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)

  1. from
    Synonyms: galing, buhat

Noun[edit]

mulâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)

  1. (formal, archaic) origin
    Synonyms: orihen, pinagmulan, pinanggalingan
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish mula.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: mu‧la
  • IPA(key): /ˈmula/, [ˈmu.lɐ]

Noun[edit]

mula (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)

  1. mule

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: mu‧la
  • IPA(key): /muˈla/, [mʊˈla]

Verb[edit]

mulá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ, complete nula, progressive nunula, contemplative pupula)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of pumula: to turn red

Etymology 4[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: mu‧la
  • IPA(key): /ˈmulaʔ/, [ˈmu.lɐʔ]

Verb[edit]

mulà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ, complete nula, progressive nunula, contemplative pupula)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of pumula: to criticize

References[edit]

  • “mula”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
  • Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1915) Diccionario tagálog-hispano‎[5] (in Spanish), Ateneo de Manila.

Volapük[edit]

Noun[edit]

mula

  1. genitive singular of mul

Warlpiri[edit]

Noun[edit]

mula

  1. egg

Yogad[edit]

Noun[edit]

mulá

  1. a plant
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