mulo

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English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani mulo (“dead (man)”).

Noun

mulo (plural mulos or muli)

  1. (in Roma folklore) A vampire.

Usage notes

Both plural forms, mulos and muli, are rare.

References

  1. ^ Ronald Lee, Romani Dictionary: Kalderash - English

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin mulus.

Pronunciation

Noun

mulo (accusative singular mulon, plural muloj, accusative plural mulojn)

  1. mule

Coordinate terms

Galician

Verb

mulo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mulir

Italian

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Etymology

From Latin mulus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmu.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ulo
  • Hyphenation: mù‧lo

Noun

mulo m (plural muli, feminine mula)

  1. mule

See also

Latin

Noun

mūlō

  1. dative/ablative singular of mūlus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mūlus. Doublet of mu.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ulu
  • Hyphenation: mu‧lo

Noun

mulo m (plural mulos, feminine mula, feminine plural mulas)

  1. mule (offspring of male donkey and female horse)
    Synonyms: mu, muar

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit , from Ashokan Prakrit , from Sanskrit मृत (mṛta), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tás (“dead”), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós (“dead”), from *mer- (“to die”).

Adjective

mulo (feminine muli, plural mule)

  1. dead, deceased
    O Thagar si mulo! Te trail but o Thagar! ― The King is dead! Long live the King!

Noun

mulo m (plural mule)

  1. dead person, the deceased
  2. (folklore) ghost

Descendants

  • → English: mulo
  • → Limburgish: mol, moll

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mulo”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 593
  • Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31
  • Milena Hübschmannová (2002 May) “Mulo”, in ROMBASE Cultural Database‎, Prague, archived from the original on 19 October 2021

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Venetian, from Latin mūla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mûːlo/
  • Hyphenation: mu‧lo

Noun

mȗlo m (Cyrillic spelling му̑ло)

  1. (regional) bastard (person who was born out of wedlock)

Declension

Declension of mulo
singular plural
nominative mulo mula
genitive mula mula
dative mulu mulima
accusative mulo mula
vocative mulo mula
locative mulu mulima
instrumental mulom mulima

References

  • “mulo” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mūlus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmulo/
  • Rhymes: -ulo
  • Syllabification: mu‧lo

Noun

mulo m (plural mulos, feminine mula, feminine plural mulas)

  1. mule

Derived terms

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