mulo

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See also: múló

English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani mulo (dead (man)).[1]

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

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin mūlus, from Proto-Italic *mukslos. Doublet of muu.

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

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

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

    Descendants

    • Galician: mulo
    • Portuguese: mulo

    References

    • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “mulo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

    Portuguese

    Etymology

      Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mulo, borrowed from Latin mūlus, from Proto-Italic *mukslos. Doublet of mu.

      Pronunciation

      • Rhymes: -ulu
      • Hyphenation: mu‧lo

      Noun

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

      1. (rare) male mule
        Synonyms: mula, mu, muar

      Usage notes

      • Rarely used, since mula applies to both sexes.

      Romani

      Etymology

        Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀼𑀅 (mua, dead) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀮𑁆𑀮- (-lla-), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀫𑀼𑀢 (*muta), from Sanskrit मृ॒त (mṛtá, dead).

        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

        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 Venetan, 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

        References

        • mulo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

        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

        Further reading