mura

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See also: Mura, múra, murá, mură, múra, müra, and můra

English

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Etymology

From Japanese (mura, literally blemish, fluctuation).

Pronunciation

  • (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?) (particularly: /u/ seems unlikely) IPA(key): /ˈmu.ɹə/
  • Rhymes: -ʊəɹə

Noun

mura (uncountable)

  1. 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
  2. (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

  1. inflection of murar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology

Univerbation of mao ra (just the same).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muˈɾa/
  • IPA(key): /ˈmuɾa/
  • Hyphenation: mu‧ra

Preposition

murá or mura (Badlit spelling ᜋᜓᜇ)

  1. (colloquial) seem, like, looks like
    Synonyms: daw, sama, ingon, sahi, nawong
    Mura siya'g gikapoy.S/he seemed tired.
    Ang kinabuhi murag bulakLife is like a flower.
    Moadto ka? – Mura.
    Will you go? – It looks like I will.
  2. (colloquial) as if, as though
    Synonyms: mura ba, sahi
    Nagbuotbuot siya murag kinsa.He took it upon himself as though he were someone.
  3. (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

  1. gravel, sediment

Declension

Inflection of mura (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative mura murat
genitive muran murien
partitive muraa muria
illative muraan muriin
singular plural
nominative mura murat
accusative nom. mura murat
gen. muran
genitive muran murien
murain rare
partitive muraa muria
inessive murassa murissa
elative murasta murista
illative muraan muriin
adessive muralla murilla
ablative muralta murilta
allative muralle murille
essive murana murina
translative muraksi muriksi
abessive muratta muritta
instructive murin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of mura (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative murani murani
accusative nom. murani murani
gen. murani
genitive murani murieni
muraini rare
partitive muraani muriani
inessive murassani murissani
elative murastani muristani
illative muraani muriini
adessive murallani murillani
ablative muraltani muriltani
allative muralleni murilleni
essive muranani murinani
translative murakseni murikseni
abessive murattani murittani
instructive
comitative murineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative murasi murasi
accusative nom. murasi murasi
gen. murasi
genitive murasi muriesi
muraisi rare
partitive muraasi muriasi
inessive murassasi murissasi
elative murastasi muristasi
illative muraasi muriisi
adessive murallasi murillasi
ablative muraltasi muriltasi
allative murallesi murillesi
essive muranasi murinasi
translative muraksesi muriksesi
abessive murattasi murittasi
instructive
comitative murinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative muramme muramme
accusative nom. muramme muramme
gen. muramme
genitive muramme muriemme
muraimme rare
partitive muraamme muriamme
inessive murassamme murissamme
elative murastamme muristamme
illative muraamme muriimme
adessive murallamme murillamme
ablative muraltamme muriltamme
allative murallemme murillemme
essive muranamme murinamme
translative muraksemme muriksemme
abessive murattamme murittamme
instructive
comitative murinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative muranne muranne
accusative nom. muranne muranne
gen. muranne
genitive muranne murienne
murainne rare
partitive muraanne murianne
inessive murassanne murissanne
elative murastanne muristanne
illative muraanne muriinne
adessive murallanne murillanne
ablative muraltanne muriltanne
allative murallenne murillenne
essive murananne murinanne
translative muraksenne muriksenne
abessive murattanne murittanne
instructive
comitative murinenne

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /my.ʁa/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

mura

  1. third-person singular past historic of murer

Galician

Verb

mura

  1. inflection of murar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Hadza

Pronunciation

Verb

mura

  1. 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)

  1. cinquefoil, potentilla (plant of the genus Potentilla)

Declension

Derived terms

Irish

Alternative forms

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)

  1. if... not, unless
    mura mbainfidh taisme dóunless 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 é
    If 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)

  1. if... is not, unless... is (present copular form before a consonant)
    mura bréag éif it is not a lie

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmu.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Hyphenation: mù‧ra

Noun

mura f pl

  1. plural of muro (wall)
  2. (plural only) city walls, battlements

Verb

mura

  1. inflection of murare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Japanese

Romanization

mura

  1. Rōmaji transcription of むら

Machame

Noun

mura

  1. 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

  1. to burn (of firewood), to blaze
    Synonym:
  2. to glow
    Synonyms: hana, ura, ramarama
  3. to blush, to redden
    Synonyms: whero, ura, whakaura

Adjective

mura

  1. brilliant or bright in colour

Noun

mura

  1. glow
    Synonyms: hana, ura, uranga
  2. 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

  1. definite singular of mure

Verb

mura

  1. past tense of mure
  2. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. definite singular of mure
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of mure

References

Occitan

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

mura f (plural muras)

  1. (Guardiol) wall

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Proto-West Germanic *mūrā, borrowed from Latin mūrus, from Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey-.

    Noun

    mūra f

    1. wall

    Declension

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Middle High German: mūre, miure, mūr, miur
      • Alemannic German: Muur
      • Central Franconian: Mouer (Moselle)
      • German: Mauer
      • Rhine Franconian: Mauer, Muur
        • Frankfurterisch:
      • Yiddish: מויער (moyer)
      • Polish: mur (see there for further 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)

    1. silvergrass, goosegrass

    Descendants

    References

    • mura”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

    Portuguese

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: mu‧ra

    Verb

    mura

    1. inflection of murar:
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. 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

    1. to pickle

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Rwa

    Noun

    mura

    1. 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

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    Conjunction

    mura

    1. 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

    1. inflection of murar:
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative

    Swedish

    Etymology

    mur ((free-standing) wall, brick) +‎ -a

    Verb

    mura (present murar, preterite murade, supine murat, imperative mura)

    1. (usually with a particle) to brick, to wall (build with bricks)
      mura igen/för
      brick up
      mura in
      immure
      mura fast
      fix in position with bricks and/or mortar
      en murad skorsten
      a brick chimney

    Conjugation

    See also

    References

    Tagalog

    Alternative forms

    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)

    1. 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)

    1. swear word; slander; vulgarity
    2. (Batangas) scolding; reprimand
      Synonyms: sigaw, sabon, sermon
    Derived terms

    Etymology 3

    Cognate of Malay muda. Either from:

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    murà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇ)

    1. (dialectal, Southern Tagalog) (young fruit of) coconut
      Synonym: buko
    2. young (particularly of fruit, or human age)
      Synonym: bata

    Adjective

    murà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇ)

    1. young
      Synonym: bata
    2. unripe (of fruits)
      Synonyms: hilaw, bubot
    3. light (of colors)
      Synonym: mapusyaw
      Antonym: magulang
    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • mura”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

    Wiradjuri

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Proto-Central New South Wales *mara, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *mara (compare Gamilaraay mara).

    Noun

    mura

    1. hand