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English
Etymology 1
Unknown, attested since the 1920s. Suggested origins, none of which are accepted by mainstream lexicographers, include:
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
moola (uncountable)
- (informal) Money, cash.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:money
Translations
References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Ed.
- ^ Henry Hitchings, The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English →ISBN, page 323
- ^ Daniel Cassidy, The Secret Language of the Crossroads: How the Irish Invented Slang, AK Press, 2007, →ISBN
- ^ “Cayoosh”, in cayoosh.net, 2011 November 19 (last accessed), archived from the original on 2011-08-05
- ^ Attribution attributed to Mario Pei by William Safire, 6/8/2003 "On Language" column in the New York Times.
Etymology 2
Noun
moola (plural moolas)
- Obsolete form of mullah.
Sidamo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmoːla/
- Hyphenation: moo‧la
Adjective
moola (plural moolano)
- dry
Declension
Declension of moola
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masculine
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feminine
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| predicative
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moola
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moola
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| nominative
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moolu
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moola
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| genitive
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moolu*)
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moola*)
moolate
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| accusative
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moola*)
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moola*)
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*) Stressed on the final vowel.
**) When part of a predicative phrase, the predicative case adjectives are followed by the clitics -ho (m) and -te (f)
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Verb
moola
- (intransitive) to be dry
- (intransitive) to dry up
References
- Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 144