mula

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word mula. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word mula, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say mula in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word mula you have here. The definition of the word mula will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofmula, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: mulá, mūla, mulą, muła, Mula, and Mulà

English

Noun

mula (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of moola

Anagrams

A-Pucikwar

Etymology

From Proto-Great Andamanese *mulə.

Noun

mula

  1. egg

References

Ayutla Mixtec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mula.

Noun

mula

  1. mule

References

  • Hills O., Roberto, et al. (2004) Diccionario lulu ña̱ sanyaꞌá xiinꞌ nya̱nya̱ = Pequeño diccionario ilustrado en el mixteco de Ayutla, Gro.‎ (overall work in Ayutla Mixtec and Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 7

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

mula f (plural mules)

  1. female equivalent of mul
  2. tree spurge
    Synonym: lleterassa
  3. callus
  4. garfish
    Synonym: agulla prima

Derived terms

Further reading

Corsican

Una mula (1)
Una mula (2)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin mula, feminine of mulus.

Noun

mula f (masculine mulu, plural mule)

  1. she-mule

Etymology 2

From its scientific name Mola mola.

Noun

mula f (plural mule)

  1. sunfish, ocean sunfish (Mola mola)
Synonyms

References

  • “mula” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

mula f

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

Declension

Declension of mula (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative mula muly
genitive muly mul
dative mule mulám
accusative mulu muly
vocative mulo muly
locative mule mulách
instrumental mulou mulami

See also

Further reading

  • mula in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • mula in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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).
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

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

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

mula

  1. crop; something to be planted

Franco-Provençal

Noun

mula f

  1. female equivalent of mulèt (“mule”)

Galician

Verb

mula

  1. inflection of mulir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Gamilaraay

Adjective

mula

  1. soft

References

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

Hausa

Pronunciation

Verb

mùla (grade 3)

  1. (obsolete) to disappear, be gone

Higaonon

Verb

mula

  1. to plant

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay mula, from Sanskrit मूल (mūla).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. origin

Affixed terms

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmu.la/
  • Rhymes: -ula
  • Hyphenation: mù‧la

Noun

mula f (plural mule, masculine mulo)

  1. she-mule

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Feminine of mūlus; mūlus +‎ -a (feminine suffix).

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

Related terms

Descendants

  • Aragonese: mula
  • French: mule
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: mua, mũa
    • Portuguese: mua
  • → Galician: mula
  • → Portuguese: mula

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 animal (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

Borrowed from Sanskrit मूल (mūla).

Pronunciation

Noun

mula (Jawi spelling مولا, informal 1st possessive mulaku, 2nd possessive mulamu, 3rd possessive mulanya)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

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.

Further reading

Maltese

Root
w-l-j
8 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَوْلَى (mawlā).

Pronunciation

Noun

mula m (plural mwiel)

  1. (obsolete) landlord

Derived terms

Old Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

mula f (plural mulas)

  1. mule
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 38v:
      E dixo acab a abdias ue ala tr̃a por las fontanas todas de las tr̃as ⁊ por las torriẽtes quiçab trobaremos yerba ont biuan los cauallos elas mulas e nõ p̃damos las beſtias.
      And Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go into the land to every fountain throughout the land and to the brooks. Perhaps we will find grass on which the horses and mules can live, that we may not lose the beasts.”

Descendants

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmu.la/
  • Rhymes: -ula
  • Syllabification: mu‧la

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mula m animal

  1. genitive/accusative singular of mul

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

mula

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of muli

Further reading

  • mula in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mūla. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese mua.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ulɐ
  • Hyphenation: mu‧la

Noun

mula f (plural mulas)

  1. female equivalent of mulo
  2. (figuratively, derogatory) a stupid person (regardless of sex)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mouler.

Verb

a mula (third-person singular present mulează, past participle mulat) 1st conj.

  1. to mold

Conjugation

    conjugation of mula (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a mula
gerund mulând
past participle mulat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present mulez mulezi mulează mulăm mulați mulează
imperfect mulam mulai mula mulam mulați mulau
simple perfect mulai mulași mulă mularăm mularăți mulară
pluperfect mulasem mulaseși mulase mulaserăm mulaserăți mulaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să mulez să mulezi să muleze să mulăm să mulați să muleze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative mulează mulați
negative nu mula nu mulați

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

Further reading

  • “mula”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish mula, from Latin mūla, feminine of mūlus (“mule”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmula/
  • Rhymes: -ula
  • Syllabification: mu‧la

Noun

mula f (plural mulas)

  1. female equivalent of mulo (“mule”)
  2. trash
  3. (Latin America) traitor
  4. (Mexico) a smart, somewhat abusive person

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Swedish

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

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
Related terms

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:
      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:
      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

Etymology 3

From Romani.

Verb

mula

  1. (slang) (intransitive) to die
  2. (slang) (transitive) to kill somebody

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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit मूल (mūla, “root; origin”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muˈlaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: mu‧la

Preposition

mulâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)

  1. from
    Synonyms: galing, buhat

Noun

mulâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)

  1. (formal, archaic) origin
    Synonyms: orihen, pinagmulan, pinanggalingan
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish mula, from Latin mūla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmula/,
  • Hyphenation: mu‧la

Noun

mula (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)

  1. mule (sterile hybrid of donkey and horse)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish mula, from Medieval Latin mula (“slipper, shoe with a thick sole”), presumably from classical Latin mulleus, the dyed shoe of either the patricians or senators, from Ancient Greek μύλλος (múllos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmula/,
  • Hyphenation: mu‧la

Noun

mula (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)

  1. mule (backless shoe)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muˈla/,
  • Hyphenation: mu‧la

Verb

mulá (complete nula, progressive nunula, contemplative pupula, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)

  1. (obsolete) Apheretic form of pumula: to turn red

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmulaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: mu‧la

Verb

mulà (complete nula, progressive nunula, contemplative pupula, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)

  1. (obsolete) Apheretic form of pumula: to criticize

References

  • “mula”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 834.

Volapük

Noun

mula

  1. genitive singular of mul

Warlpiri

Noun

mula

  1. egg

Yogad

Noun

mulá

  1. a plant
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia