mula
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
mula (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of moola
Anagrams[edit]
A-Pucikwar[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Great Andamanese *mulə
Noun[edit]
mula
References[edit]
- Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, pg. 22 (2009)
Ayutla Mixtec[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
mula
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)
- female equivalent of mul
Derived terms[edit]
Corsican[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin mula, feminine of mulus.
Noun[edit]
mula f (masculine mulu, plural mule)
Etymology 2[edit]
From its scientific name Mola mola.
Noun[edit]
mula f (plural mule)
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- “mula” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mula f
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
- 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).
- 1793, Watkin Tench, A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson
References[edit]
- Troy, Jakelin (1994). “The Sydney Language”, Macquarie Aboriginal Words. Sydney: Macquarie Library, 66.
Dupaningan Agta[edit]
Noun[edit]
mula
Gamilaraay[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mula
References[edit]
- (2006). “Gaay Garay Dhadhin, Gamilaraay and Yuwalaraay Picture Dictionary”
Hausa[edit]
Verb[edit]
mùla (form 3)
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mula (plural, first-person possessive mulaku, second-person possessive mulamu, third-person possessive mulanya)
Affixed terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “mula” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
mula f (plural mule, masculine mulo)
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Feminine of mūlus
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mūla f (genitive mūlae); first declension
- 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]
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, 1883–1887)
Lower Sorbian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mula f (masculine equivalent mul)
- female mule
Declension[edit]
Noun[edit]
mula
- inflection of mul:
Further reading[edit]
- mula in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
- mula in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
mula (Jawi spelling مولا, plural mula-mula, informal 1st possessive mulaku, impolite 2nd possessive mulamu, 3rd possessive mulanya)
Verb[edit]
bermula
- (intransitive) to begin, start
- Segalanya bermula di sini.
- Everything begins here.
Verb[edit]
memulakan
- (transitive) to begin, to start, to commence
- Mulakan enjin sekarang.
- Start your engines now.
Further reading[edit]
- “mula” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mula f
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Declension[edit]
Noun[edit]
mula m
Adjective[edit]
mula
Further reading[edit]
- mula in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin mūla. Displaced Old Portuguese mua.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mula f (plural mulas)
- female equivalent of mulo
- (figuratively, derogatory) a stupid person (regardless of sex)
Synonyms[edit]
- (stupid person): See here
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mȕla f (Cyrillic spelling му̏ла)
- mule (offspring of male donkey and female horse)
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
- “mula” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
múla f
- mule (offspring of male donkey and female horse)
Inflection[edit]
Feminine, a-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
nom. sing. | múla | ||
gen. sing. | múle | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | múla | múli | múle |
accusative | múlo | múli | múle |
genitive | múle | múl | múl |
dative | múli | múlama | múlam |
locative | múli | múlah | múlah |
instrumental | múlo | múlama | múlami |
Further reading[edit]
- “mula”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin mūla, feminine of mūlus (“mule”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mula f (plural mulas)
Hypernyms[edit]
Coordinate terms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “mula” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Swedish mule, via German, from Latin mulus.
Noun[edit]
mula c
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)
- (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.
- (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]
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | mula | mulas | ||
Supine | mulat | mulats | ||
Imperative | mula | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | mular | mulade | mulas | mulades |
Indicative 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]
- bryna (Gotland, Värmland)
- gnosa (Västergötland)
- grosa (Västergötland)
- gura (Gothenburg)
- göra (Västergötland)
- kröna
- molla
- muddra (Roslagen)
- mulla (Uppland)
- myla (Östergötland)
- mylla (Småland)
- målla
- möla (Västergötland)
- mösa
- pesa (Finland Swedish)
- pula (Närke, Västmanland, Uppland, Åland)
- purra (Jämtland, Gästrikland)
- sylta (Gothenburg)
- tryna (Värmland)
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]
Etymology[edit]
Preposition[edit]
mulâ
Noun[edit]
mulâ
Volapük[edit]
Noun[edit]
mula
Warlpiri[edit]
Noun[edit]
mula
Yogad[edit]
Noun[edit]
mulá
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