gula

Learned borrowing from Latin gula (“throat, gullet”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡjuːlə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡ(j)ulə/
• Homophone: gular (non-rhotic)
• Rhymes: -uːlə
• Hyphenation: gul‧a

gula (plural gulas or gulae)

1. The upper front of the neck, next to the chin; the upper throat.
2. (zoology) A plate which in most insects supports the submentum.
3. (architecture) A capping moulding; a cymatium.

• gular

• Agul, Gaul, ugal

From Sanskrit गुल (gula​, “unrefined sugar, molasses”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡula/
• Hyphenation: gu‧la

gula

1. sugar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink)

• IPA^(key): /kula/

gula

1. koala

gula

1. fork

• IPA^(key): /ɡú.làː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

gulā̀ f (plural gulōlī, possessed form gulàr̃)

1. a kind of drumstick with a large head (for beating drums)

• firya
• makaɗi

From Sanskrit गुल (gula​, “unrefined sugar, molasses”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡula/
• Hyphenation: gu‧la

gula

1. sugar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink)

From gulur (“yellow”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʏːla/
• Rhymes: -ʏːla

gula f (genitive singular gulu, no plural)

1. jaundice

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From Malay gula, from Sanskrit गुल (gula, “unrefined sugar, molasses​”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.la/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: gu‧la

gula (uncountable)

1. sugar

   Synonyms: saka, sakar

• “gula” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

gula

1. Romanization of ꦒꦸꦭ

• IPA^(key):

gula

1. sugar

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “gula”, in Lamboya word list‎, Leiden: LexiRumah

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷoleh₂, from *gʷel- (“throat”).

Cognate with Bengali গলা (gola, “throat”), Old Armenian կուլ- (kul-), Russian глотка (glotka, “throat”), Persian گلو (“throat”), Urdu گلا (“throat”) and Northern Kurdish gewrî, gerû (“throat”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.la/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.la/,

gula f (genitive gulae); first declension

1. (anatomy) gullet, throat, palate

   Synonyms: faucēs, rūmen, frūmen, guttur

2. gluttony, greediness

First-declension noun.

• gulōsus
• dēgulō

• gluttiō

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

From Sanskrit गुल (gula, “unrefined sugar, molasses”). The Sanskrit equivalent is मधुरं (madhuraṃ, “sugar”).

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ɡulə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ɡula/
• Rhymes: -ulə, -lə, -ə

gula (Jawi spelling ݢولا, plural gula, informal 1st possessive gulaku, 2nd possessive gulamu, 3rd possessive gulanya)

1. sugar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink)

• sakar / ساکر

• “gula” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Cognate with Swahili -ugua.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

-gula

1. to be sick/ill

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkula/

gula

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

• gule (for the verbs)

From gul (“gust of wind”).

gula (present tense gular, past tense gula, past participle gula, passive infinitive gulast, present participle gulande, imperative gula/gul)

1. to blow (slowly)

From gul (“yellow”).

gula (present tense gular, past tense gula, past participle gula, passive infinitive gulast, present participle gulande, imperative gula/gul)

1. to yellow

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

gula f

1. definite singular of gule

• “gula” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Sanskrit गुल (gula, “unrefined sugar, molasses​”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡu.la/
• Rhymes: -la
• Hyphenation: gu‧la

gula

1. sugar
2. syrup

• Javanese: ꦒꦸꦭ (gula)
• → Balinese: ᬕᬸᬮ (gula)

• "gula" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

gula f (genitive gulu)

1. Alternative form of gola

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

gula

1. inflection of gulr:
   1. strong feminine accusative singular
   2. strong masculine accusative plural
   3. weak masculine oblique singular
   4. weak feminine nominative singular
   5. weak neuter singular

gula

1. indefinite genitive plural of gul

• “gula”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: gu‧la
• Homophone: Gula

A variant of kula.

gula f

1. (colloquial) bump (swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury)

gula f (male equivalent gularz)

1. (Poznań, Kuyavia) female turkey (bird)

   Synonym: indyczka

   Alternative form: guła

gula

1. (Far Masovian) used to call turkeys

   Synonyms: gulda, gulu

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

gula m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of gul

• gula in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gula in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Oskar Kolberg (1867) “gula”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 271
• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “gula”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 109

Learned borrowing from Latin gula. Doublet of gola.

• Rhymes: -ulɐ
• Hyphenation: gu‧la

gula f (plural gulas)

1. gluttony

• gulodice
• guloso

gula

1. fruit

From Latin gula, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”).

gula f (plural gulas)

1. (anatomy) throat
2. (Surmiran) desire, craving, appetite, lust, pleasure, fancy

• (Puter, Vallader) gulacotschen
• (Surmiran) gulard

Borrowed from Latin gula. Compare the inherited doublet gola.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡula/
• Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: gu‧la

gula f (plural gulas)

1. gluttony (habit of eating in excess)

   Synonym: glotonería

2. gourmandizing

• “gula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

gula

1. Romanization of ᮌᮥᮜ

Cognate with Swahili -ugua.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

-gula

1. to be sick/ill

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Old Norse gulr (“yellow”), similar to Faroese gule.

• IPA^(key): /²ɡʉː.ˌla/
• Rhymes: -²ʉːla

gula

1. inflection of gul:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

gula c

1. a yolk (the yellow of an egg)

   Synonym: äggula

• gula in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gula in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gula in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• IPA^(key): /ɡuˈla/

gula (Nisheigram)

1. fat

gula (Nisheigram)

1. terrace

Cognate with Swahili -ugua.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

-gula

1. to be sick/ill

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Cognate with Swahili -ugua.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

-gula

1. (intransitive) to be sick/ill
2. (transitive) to skim/scrape together
3. (intransitive) to lean, to slant

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “gula”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “gula (6.3)”