mula

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See also: mulá, mūla, mulą, and muła

English

Noun

mula (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of moola

Anagrams

A-Pucikwar

Etymology

From Proto-Great Andamanese *mulə

Noun

mula

  1. egg

References

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

mula f (plural mules)

  1. (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of mul

Derived terms

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

mula f

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

See also

Further reading

Dharug

Alternative forms

Noun

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).

References

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

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

mula

  1. crop; something to be planted

Gamilaraay

Adjective

mula

  1. soft

References

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

Hausa

Verb

mùla (form 3)

  1. (obsolete) to disappear, be gone

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit मूल (mūla).

Noun

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

  1. origin

Italian

Noun

mula f (plural mule, masculine mulo)

  1. she-mule

Latin

Etymology

Feminine of mūlus

Pronunciation

Noun

mūla f (genitive mūlae); first declension

  1. female mule, she-mule

Declension

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

References

  • “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

Pronunciation

Noun

mula f ? (masculine mul)

  1. female mule

Declension

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

mula

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

Further reading

  • 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

Etymology

From Sanskrit मूल (mūla).

Noun

mula (plural mula-mula, informal 1st possessive mulaku, 2nd possessive mulamu, 3rd possessive mulanya)

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

Verb

bermula

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

Verb

memulakan

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

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

mula f

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

Declension

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

mula m

  1. genitive/accusative singular of mul

Adjective

mula

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of muli

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin mūla. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese mua.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈmu.la/, /ˈmu.lɐ/
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  • Hyphenation: mu‧la

Noun

mula f (plural s)

  1. (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of mulo
  2. (figuratively, derogatory) a stupid person (regardless of sex)

Synonyms

  • (stupid person): See here

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin mūla.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mȕla f (Cyrillic spelling му̏ла)

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

Declension

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

  • “mula” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Pronunciation

Noun

múla f

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

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
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

Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

mula f (plural mulas)

  1. (equid) mule
  2. trash
  3. (Latin America) traitor
  4. (Mexico) a smart, somewhat abusive person

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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mula (1)
Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

mula c

  1. mule (a generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse)
Declension
Declension of mula 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mula mulan mulor mulorna
Genitive mulas mulans mulors mulornas

Etymology 2

From mule (“muzzle”).

Verb

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[1]:
      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[2]:
      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
  • 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
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

References

  • “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[3], Sveriges Radio, 2006 January 10, retrieved 23 October 2019
  • mula in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Sanskrit मूल (mūla).

Preposition

mulâ

  1. from

Noun

mulâ

  1. (formal, archaic) origin

Volapük

Noun

mula

  1. genitive singular of mul

Warlpiri

Noun

mula

  1. egg
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