mula

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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

Betawi

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Classical Malay mula, from Sanskrit मूल (mūla).

    Noun

    mula

    1. start, beginning

    Derived terms

    Anagrams

    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

    mula

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    mula f

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

    Declension

    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).
        (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

    Etymology

    Inherited from Latin mūla.

    Noun

    mula f (plural mules) (ORB, broad)

    1. female mule
      Coordinate term: mulèt m

    References

    • mule in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
    • mula in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

    Further information

    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 (plural mula-mula)

    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 dative/ablative plural in -ābus).

      singular plural
      nominative mūla mūlae
      genitive mūlae mūlārum
      dative mūlae mūlīs
      mūlābus
      accusative mūlam mūlās
      ablative mūlā mūlīs
      mūlābus
      vocative mūla mūlae

      Descendants

      • Italo-Romance:
        • Corsican: mula
        • Italian: mula
      • Gallo-Romance:
      • Ibero-Romance:

      Borrowings:

      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

      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)

        1. the beginning, the start
          dari mula lagi
          since the beginning
        2. (medicine) onset
          mula demamonset of fever.

        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

        Etymology

        From Arabic مَوْلَى (mawlā).

        Pronunciation

        Noun

        mula m (plural mwiel)

        1. (obsolete) landlord

        Derived terms

        Old English

        Noun

        mūla

        1. genitive plural of mūl

        Old Galician-Portuguese

        Etymology

          Learned borrowing from Latin mūla, from mūlus + -a. Doublet of mua.

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          mula f (plural mulas)

          1. female equivalent of mulo (female mule)
            Synonyms: mũacha, mua

          Descendants

          References

          Old Spanish

          Etymology

            From Latin mūla, feminine of mūlus (mule).

            Pronunciation

            Noun

            mula f (plural mulas)

            1. mule
              • 13th century, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, page 38vb:
                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

            References

            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

            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

            Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
            Wikipedia pt

            Etymology

              Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mula, borrowed from Latin mūla, from mūlus + -a. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese mua.

              Pronunciation

              • Rhymes: -ulɐ
              • Hyphenation: mu‧la

              Noun

              mula f (plural mulas)

              1. mule (hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse)
                Coordinate term: bardoto
              2. (strictly, rare) female equivalent of mulo (female mule)
              3. (figuratively) a stubborn person
              4. (jargon) a pile of salt
              5. drug mule

              References

              Romanian

              Etymology

              Borrowed from French mouler.

              Verb

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

              1. to mold

              Conjugation

              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 (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

              Slovene

              Pronunciation

              Noun

              múla f

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

              Declension

              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 (in Slovene), 2014–2025

              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/
              • Audio (Spain):(file)
              • 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

              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 ”, 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
                Synonym: pula
                • 2008, P J Anders Linder, “En ding, ding, ding, ding värld? ”, 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
              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

              Tagalog

              Alternative forms

              Etymology 1

              Borrowed from Sanskrit मूल (mūla, root; origin).

              Pronunciation

              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

              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

              Noun

              mula (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)

              1. mule (backless shoe)

              Etymology 4

              Pronunciation

              Verb

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

              1. Apheretic form of pumula: to turn red

              Etymology 5

              Pronunciation

              Verb

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

              1. 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.

              Anagrams

              Volapük

              Noun

              mula

              1. genitive singular of mul

              Warlpiri

              Noun

              mula

              1. egg

              Yogad

              Noun

              mulá

              1. a plant