mulga

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English

Mulga trees
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Etymology

From Gamilaraay malga.

Pronunciation

Noun

mulga (plural mulgas)

  1. (Australia) Any of a number of small acacia trees, especially Acacia aneura, forming dense scrub in dry inland areas of Australia.
    • 1981, Joseph Michael Forshaw, William T. Cooper, Australian Parrots, page 246:
      Ford (1969) points out that it is distributed from southern Northern Territory and northern South Australia west through mulga country of the Gibson and Great Victoria Deserts to the coast of Western Australia.
    • 1983, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, The Queensland Journal of Agriculture and Animal Science, Volumes 40-42, page 68,
      This paper describes a preliminary field experiment designed to examine the effect of supplementing sheep fed mulga with several proprietary licks and a more comprehensive field experiment to evaluate the effect of the most promising lick fed with cottonseed meal.
    • 1996, Lynn Baker, Mingkiri: A Natural history of Ulu−ru by the Mu−titjulu Community, page 26:
      There are several different types of mulga, and Anangu know the different food which comes from them. For example, insects make a thing like a small apple on the pakuta (horse mulga). This one is good to eat but there is another one on a different sort of mulga which is not edible.
    • 2002, Brad Collis, Fields of Discovery: Australia′s CSIRO, Australia: CSIRO, page 15:
      The return of mulgas, native grasses and other shrubs was finally giving wildlife researchers some hope that numerous animals on the endangered species list might yet be saved if their ecosystems could be restored.
  2. (Australia, preceded by definite article) Any region where mulga is the predominant vegetation.
  3. (Australia, colloquial, in combination) The outback.
    • 1901, Jack Mathieu, “That Day at Boiling Downs”, in Australian Ballads & Short Stories, Penguin, published 2003, page 263:
      I'd forgotten for a moment you are not all mulga-bred []
  4. Something made from the wood of a mulga tree.
  5. Short for mulga wire (a message or story transmitted through an informal gossip network, especially one containing false information).

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Etymology

From English mulga, from Gamilaraay malga.

Pronunciation

Noun

mulga

  1. (horticulture) Synonym of keihäsakaasia (mulga).

Declension

Inflection of mulga (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative mulga mulgat
genitive mulgan mulgien
partitive mulgaa mulgia
illative mulgaan mulgiin
singular plural
nominative mulga mulgat
accusative nom. mulga mulgat
gen. mulgan
genitive mulgan mulgien
mulgain rare
partitive mulgaa mulgia
inessive mulgassa mulgissa
elative mulgasta mulgista
illative mulgaan mulgiin
adessive mulgalla mulgilla
ablative mulgalta mulgilta
allative mulgalle mulgille
essive mulgana mulgina
translative mulgaksi mulgiksi
abessive mulgatta mulgitta
instructive mulgin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of mulga (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mulgani mulgani
accusative nom. mulgani mulgani
gen. mulgani
genitive mulgani mulgieni
mulgaini rare
partitive mulgaani mulgiani
inessive mulgassani mulgissani
elative mulgastani mulgistani
illative mulgaani mulgiini
adessive mulgallani mulgillani
ablative mulgaltani mulgiltani
allative mulgalleni mulgilleni
essive mulganani mulginani
translative mulgakseni mulgikseni
abessive mulgattani mulgittani
instructive
comitative mulgineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mulgasi mulgasi
accusative nom. mulgasi mulgasi
gen. mulgasi
genitive mulgasi mulgiesi
mulgaisi rare
partitive mulgaasi mulgiasi
inessive mulgassasi mulgissasi
elative mulgastasi mulgistasi
illative mulgaasi mulgiisi
adessive mulgallasi mulgillasi
ablative mulgaltasi mulgiltasi
allative mulgallesi mulgillesi
essive mulganasi mulginasi
translative mulgaksesi mulgiksesi
abessive mulgattasi mulgittasi
instructive
comitative mulginesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mulgamme mulgamme
accusative nom. mulgamme mulgamme
gen. mulgamme
genitive mulgamme mulgiemme
mulgaimme rare
partitive mulgaamme mulgiamme
inessive mulgassamme mulgissamme
elative mulgastamme mulgistamme
illative mulgaamme mulgiimme
adessive mulgallamme mulgillamme
ablative mulgaltamme mulgiltamme
allative mulgallemme mulgillemme
essive mulganamme mulginamme
translative mulgaksemme mulgiksemme
abessive mulgattamme mulgittamme
instructive
comitative mulginemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mulganne mulganne
accusative nom. mulganne mulganne
gen. mulganne
genitive mulganne mulgienne
mulgainne rare
partitive mulgaanne mulgianne
inessive mulgassanne mulgissanne
elative mulgastanne mulgistanne
illative mulgaanne mulgiinne
adessive mulgallanne mulgillanne
ablative mulgaltanne mulgiltanne
allative mulgallenne mulgillenne
essive mulgananne mulginanne
translative mulgaksenne mulgiksenne
abessive mulgattanne mulgittanne
instructive
comitative mulginenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative mulgansa mulgansa
accusative nom. mulgansa mulgansa
gen. mulgansa
genitive mulgansa mulgiensa
mulgainsa rare
partitive mulgaansa mulgiaan
mulgiansa
inessive mulgassaan
mulgassansa
mulgissaan
mulgissansa
elative mulgastaan
mulgastansa
mulgistaan
mulgistansa
illative mulgaansa mulgiinsa
adessive mulgallaan
mulgallansa
mulgillaan
mulgillansa
ablative mulgaltaan
mulgaltansa
mulgiltaan
mulgiltansa
allative mulgalleen
mulgallensa
mulgilleen
mulgillensa
essive mulganaan
mulganansa
mulginaan
mulginansa
translative mulgakseen
mulgaksensa
mulgikseen
mulgiksensa
abessive mulgattaan
mulgattansa
mulgittaan
mulgittansa
instructive
comitative mulgineen
mulginensa