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English
Etymology
From Japanese 斑 ( mura , literally “ blemish, fluctuation ” ) .
Pronunciation
(Can we verify (+ ) this pronunciation?) (particularly: /u/ seems unlikely) IPA (key ) : /ˈmu.ɹə/
Rhymes: -ʊəɹə
Noun
mura (uncountable )
Nonuniformity in the luminance of a display device .
US Patent 5,917,935, Mura detection apparatus and method , 1996 :
Major classes of LCFPD defects encountered at the final inspection are often pixel defects or wide-area pixel defects (also known as Mura defects).
NASA Scientific and Technical Information, 2008 :
Software Simulates Sight: Flat Panel Mura Detection
( business ) A form of waste , or deviation from optimal allocation of resources , that occurs when inventory is required but not immediately available.
Coordinate terms: muda , muri
Translations
Anagrams
Catalan
Verb
mura
inflection of murar :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Cebuano
Etymology
Univerbation of mao ra ( “ just the same ” ) .
Pronunciation
Preposition
murá or mura (Badlit spelling ᜋᜓᜇ )
( colloquial ) seem , like , looks like
Synonyms: daw , sama , ingon , sahi , nawong
Mura siya'g gikapoy. ― S/he seemed tired.
Ang kinabuhi mura g bulak ― Life is like a flower.
Moadto ka? – Mura . Will you go? – It looks like I will .
( colloquial ) as if , as though
Synonyms: mura ba , sahi
Nagbuotbuot siya murag kinsa. ― He took it upon himself as though he were someone.
( uncommon ) Short for mao ra ( “ that's all; the same ” ) .
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *mura , probably from the same Proto-Uralic *mura- ( “ to break ” ) as murtaa , or alternatively from Proto-Germanic (compare Icelandic mor ).
Pronunciation
Noun
mura
gravel , sediment
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Verb
mura
third-person singular past historic of murer
Galician
Verb
mura
inflection of murar :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Hadza
Pronunciation
Verb
mura
to be burned
Synonym: tlhoshô
Icelandic
Etymology
Cognate with Faroese mura , Norwegian Nynorsk mure , Norwegian Bokmål mure .
Pronunciation
Noun
mura f (genitive singular muru , nominative plural murur )
cinquefoil , potentilla ( plant of the genus Potentilla )
Declension
Declension of mura (feminine )
Derived terms
Irish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Pronunciation
Conjunction
mura ( triggers eclipsis ; takes the dependent form of irregular verbs )
if ... not , unless
mura mbainfidh taisme dó ― unless he meets with an accident
Mura gceannaíonn siad anseo é, faigheann siad sa bhaile é.If they don’t buy it here, they get it in town.
Mura raibh tú sásta leis, cad chuige ar ghlac tú é?If you weren’t satisfied with it, why did you accept it?
Mura dtéinn leis, maraítí éIf I hadn’t gone with him, he would have been killed
Usage notes
Not used before the past tense except with some irregular verbs.
Derived terms
murar ( used before the past tense of regular and some irregular verbs )
Particle
mura (copular form used before consonants , form used before vowels murab )
if ... is not , unless ... is ( present copular form before a consonant )
mura bréag é ― if it is not a lie
Irish copular forms
Simple copular forms
Present/future
Affirmative
Negative
Interrogative
Neg. inter.
Main clauses
is
ní
an
nach
Direct relative clauses
nach
Indirect relative clauses
ar , arb v
Other subordinate clauses
gur , gurb v
an
nach
Past/conditional
Affirmative
Negative
Interrogative
Neg. inter.
Main clauses
ba , b’ v
níor , níorbh v
ar , arbh v
nár , nárbh v
Direct relative clauses
ba , ab v
nár , nárbh v
Indirect relative clauses
ar , arbh v
Other subordinate clauses
gur , gurbh v
ar , arbh v
nár , nárbh v
Present subjunctive
Affirmative
Negative
gura , gurab v
nára , nárab v
Compound copular forms
Base word
Present/future
Past/conditional
cá
cár , cárb v
cár , cárbh v
cé
cér , cérb v
cér , cérbh v
dá
dá mba , dá mb’ v
de /do
dar , darb v
dar , darbh v
faoi
faoinar , faoinarb v
faoinar , faoinarbh v
i
inar , inarb v
inar , inarbh v
le
lenar , lenarb v
lenar , lenarbh v
má
más
má ba , má b’ v
mura
mura , murab v
murar , murarbh v
ó ( prep. )
ónar , ónarb v
ónar , ónarbh v
ó ( conj. )
ós
ó ba , ó b’ v
trí
trínar , trínarb v
trínar , trínarbh v
v Used before vowel sounds
References
Further reading
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977 ) “mura ”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959 ) “mura ”, in English-Irish Dictionary , An Gúm
“mura ”, in New English-Irish Dictionary , Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Italian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈmu.ra/
Rhymes: -ura
Hyphenation: mù‧ra
Noun
mura f pl
plural of muro ( “ wall ” )
( plural only ) city walls , battlements
Verb
mura
inflection of murare :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Japanese
Romanization
mura
Rōmaji transcription of むら
Machame
Noun
mura
water
References
Philippson, Gérard, Gens des bananeraies. Contribution linguistique à l'histoire culturelle des Chaga du Kilimandjaro (1984, 'cahier' 16, Paris, Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations )
Maori
Etymology
Sense of colour from backformation of muramura “colourful”
Verb
mura
to burn (of firewood), to blaze
Synonym: kā
to glow
Synonyms: hana , ura , ramarama
to blush , to redden
Synonyms: whero , ura , whakaura
Adjective
mura
brilliant or bright in colour
Noun
mura
glow
Synonyms: hana , ura , uranga
colour
Synonyms: tae , kano
Derived terms
Further reading
Williams, Herbert William (1917 ) “mura, mumura, muramura ”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language , page 249
“mura ” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index , 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN .
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
mura f
definite singular of mure
Verb
mura
past tense of mure
supine of mure
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse múra .
Verb
mura (present tense murar , past tense mura , past participle mura , passive infinitive murast , present participle murande , imperative mura /mur )
alternative form of mure
Etymology 2
From Old Norse mura .
Noun
mura f (definite singular mura , indefinite plural murer or muror , definite plural murene or murone )
definite singular of mure
( pre-2012 ) alternative form of mure
References
“mura” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Occitan
Pronunciation
Noun
mura f (plural muras )
( Guardiol ) wall
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mūrā , borrowed from Latin mūrus , from Proto-Italic *moiros , from Proto-Indo-European *mey- .
Noun
mūra f
wall
Declension
Declension of mūra (ō-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
Old Norse
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Noun
mura f (genitive muru )
silvergrass , goosegrass
Descendants
References
“mura ”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910 ) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic , Oxford: Clarendon Press
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
mura
inflection of murar :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Etymology
From moare ( “ sauerkraut brine ” ) , probably from Latin muries , muria .
Verb
a mura (third-person singular present mură , past participle murat ) 1st conjugation
to pickle
Conjugation
Derived terms
Rwa
Noun
mura
water
References
Philippson, Gérard, Gens des bananeraies. Contribution linguistique à l'histoire culturelle des Chaga du Kilimandjaro (1984, 'cahier' 16, Paris, Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations )
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Conjunction
mura
not , unless
Usage notes
This is the negative form of the conjunctions ma ( “ if ” ) .
Also used as the negative form of conjunctions nan /nam ("if" in conditional clauses ).
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈmuɾa/
Rhymes: -uɾa
Syllabification: mu‧ra
Verb
mura
inflection of murar :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Swedish
Etymology
mur ( “ (free-standing) wall, brick ” ) + -a
Verb
mura (present murar , preterite murade , supine murat , imperative mura )
( usually with a particle ) to brick , to wall (build with bricks)
mura fastfix in position with bricks and/or mortar
en murad skorsten a brick chimney
Conjugation
Conjugation of mura (weak)
See also
References
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Uncertain. Dempwolff 1934-1938 posited this (along with the Malay etymon and cognates in Javanese, Malagasy, Ngaju Dayak and Toba Dayak) to be inherited from Proto-Austronesian *mudaq ( “ cheap; easy ” ) , but this would result in the Tagalog being *murà (/ˈmuɾaʔ/ ). Blust 2010- posits this (and cognates) are a possibly a borrowing from Malay murah .
Pronunciation
Adjective
mura (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇ )
cheap
Synonym: barato
Antonym: mahal
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Clipping of alimura or possibly similar to etymology 1, with the sense of degrading someone's worth. Compare mahal ( “ precious; high value; love ” ) , Bikol Central muda ( “ swear word ” ) , Hiligaynon mulay ( “ to criticize maliciously; to disparage ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
mura or murá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇ )
swear word ; slander ; vulgarity
( Batangas ) scolding ; reprimand
Synonyms: sigaw , sabon , sermon
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Cognate of Malay muda . Either from:
Pronunciation
Noun
murà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇ )
( dialectal , Southern Tagalog ) ( young fruit of ) coconut
Synonym: buko
young ( particularly of fruit, or human age )
Synonym: bata
Adjective
murà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇ )
young
Synonym: bata
unripe ( of fruits )
Synonyms: hilaw , bubot
light ( of colors )
Synonym: mapusyaw
Antonym: magulang
Derived terms
Further reading
“mura ”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila, 2018
Wiradjuri
Etymology
From Proto-Central New South Wales *mara , from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *mara (compare Gamilaraay mara ).
Noun
mura
hand