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See also: mudá, mudà, mudâ, and mudā

English

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Etymology

Japanese 無駄

Noun

muda (uncountable)

  1. (business) A form of waste, or deviation from optimal allocation of resources, that occurs when work is performed that does not add value for the customer.
    Coordinate terms: mura, muri

Anagrams

Asturian

Verb

muda

  1. inflection of mudar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Balinese

Romanization

muda

  1. Romanization of ᬫᬸᬤ
  2. Romanization of ᬫᬹᬥ

Bikol Central

Etymology

Compare Tagalog mura.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mu‧da
  • IPA(key): /ˈmuda/,

Noun

muda

  1. swear word; curse word
    Synonym: raway

Derived terms

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Pali muddha (“foolish, bewildered”), from Sanskrit मुग्ध (mugdha, “foolish, bewildered, young”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muda/
  • Hyphenation: mu‧da

Adjective

muda

  1. young (age of a living being)
  2. light (shade of colour)

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "age"): tua (“old”) (living being)
  • (antonym(s) of "colour"): tua (“dark”)

Coordinate terms

  • (age): baru (“new”) (non-living being)

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Deverbal from mudar.

Noun

muda f (plural mudes)

  1. change, changing
  2. change of clothes
  3. moult, moulting
    Synonym: pèl-muda

Etymology 2

Verb

muda

  1. inflection of mudar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

muda

  1. feminine singular of mut

Further reading

Galician

Verb

muda

  1. inflection of mudar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay muda (“young”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmu.da/
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Adjective

muda (superlative termuda)

  1. young
    Synonyms: anom, belia, mentah, remaja, yunior, yuvenil, yuwana
  2. light (colour)
  3. unripe

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmu.da/
  • Rhymes: -uda
  • Hyphenation: mù‧da

Etymology 1

Deverbal from mudare (“to moult”) +‎ -a.

Noun

muda f (plural mude)

  1. moult (of a bird)
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

muda

  1. inflection of mudare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Japanese

Romanization

muda

  1. Rōmaji transcription of むだ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ムダ

Javanese

Romanization

muda

  1. Romanization of ꦩꦸꦢ

Karelian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muta, from Proto-Uralic *muďa.

Noun

muda

  1. (Southern) mud

Ladin

Verb

muda

  1. inflection of muder:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person plural present indicative
    3. second-person singular imperative

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *muda (“young (of fruits); immature; light (of colors)”); reconstructed by Robert Blust (compare Tongan mula (“(of yam) lower end while still soft and juicy (as it is while the yam is still immature)”); also compare Amis molaʔ (“immature, unlearned, uneducated, childish, without experience”) from Proto-Austronesian *mudaq).

Or from Pali muddha (“foolish, bewildered”), from Sanskrit मुग्ध (mugdha, “foolish, bewildered, young”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

muda (Jawi spelling مودا)

  1. young
    Antonym: tua
    Orang muda ― Young person
  2. light (colour)
    Synonym: terang
    Antonyms: tua, gelap, pekat
    Biru muda ― Light blue
  3. unripe
    Antonyms: masak, tua
    Manggis muda ― Unripe mangosteen

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: muda

References

  1. ^ Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*muda”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
  2. ^ Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*mudaq”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: mu‧da

Etymology 1

From Latin mūtam, accusative feminine form of mūtus.

Adjective

muda

  1. feminine singular of mudo

Noun

muda f (plural mudas)

  1. female equivalent of mudo

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese muda, deverbal from mudar.

Noun

muda f (plural mudas)

  1. seedling
  2. (zoology, entomology) ecdysis, moult
    Synonym: ecdise

Etymology 3

Verb

muda

  1. inflection of mudar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

muda

  1. inflection of múdo:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/genitive/accusative/vocative plural

Sicilian

Adjective

muda f sg

  1. feminine singular of mudu

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmuda/
  • Rhymes: -uda
  • Syllabification: mu‧da

Etymology 1

Deverbal from mudar. Cognate with English moult.

Noun

muda f (plural mudas)

  1. a change (of clothes, especially underpants)

Etymology 2

Noun

muda f (plural mudas)

  1. female equivalent of mudo (“mute”)

Adjective

muda

  1. feminine singular of mudo

Etymology 3

Verb

muda

  1. inflection of mudar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Swahili

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic مُدَّة (mudda).

Pronunciation

Noun

muda (m-mi class, plural miuda)

  1. term, period (of time)

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muta.

Noun

muda

  1. slurry, dredge

Inflection

Inflection of muda (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing. muda
genitive sing. mudan
partitive sing. mudad
partitive plur. mudid
singular plural
nominative muda mudad
accusative mudan mudad
genitive mudan mudiden
partitive mudad mudid
essive-instructive mudan mudin
translative mudaks mudikš
inessive mudas mudiš
elative mudaspäi mudišpäi
illative mudaha mudihe
adessive mudal mudil
ablative mudalpäi mudilpäi
allative mudale mudile
abessive mudata mudita
comitative mudanke mudidenke
prolative mudadme mudidme
approximative I mudanno mudidenno
approximative II mudannoks mudidennoks
egressive mudannopäi mudidennopäi
terminative I mudahasai mudihesai
terminative II mudalesai mudilesai
terminative III mudassai —
additive I mudahapäi mudihepäi
additive II mudalepäi mudilepäi

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “взвесь”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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