muta

English

Noun

muta (uncountable)

1. (US, slang) Alternative form of mootah (“marijuana”)

See also

• persona muta

Anagrams

• Atum, Tuam, Tuma

Bongo

Numeral

muta

1. three

Catalan

Verb

muta

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

Cebuano

Noun

muta

1. rheum in the eyes; gound

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian muto, German Muta, English mute, all from Latin mūtus (“mute, silent”). Compare French muet, Portuguese and Spanish mudo, Catalan and Romanian mut.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -uta
• Hyphenation: mu‧ta

Adjective

muta (accusative singular mutan, plural mutaj, accusative plural mutajn)

1. mute, speechless

Derived terms

• muteco
• muti

Related terms

• silenta

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muta, from Proto-Uralic *muďa. Cognate with Estonian muda, Veps muda, Karelian muta, Erzya мода (moda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmutɑ/,
• Rhymes: -utɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mu‧ta

Noun

muta

1. mire, mud; decaying organic matter in the bottom of a lake etc.

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• multa
• musta

Further reading

• “muta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• matu, maut, tuma

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

muta

1. third-person singular past historic of muter

Anagrams

• muât

Galician

Verb

muta

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

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muta. Cognates include Finnish muta and Estonian muda.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmutɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmutɑ/,
• Rhymes: -utɑ
• Hyphenation: mu‧ta

Noun

muta

1. mud, mire (decaying matter at the bottom of a river or lake)

Declension

Derived terms

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 315

Irish

Noun

muta m (genitive singular muta, nominative plural mutaí)

1. Alternative form of buta (“butt; thick end, stock; butte; stocky person”)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ta/
• Rhymes: -uta
• Hyphenation: mù‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from mutare (“to change”) +‎ -a.

Noun

muta f (plural mute)

1. (uncommon) change (act of changing; act of replacing)

   Synonym: cambio

2. (zoology) moult, moulting, molt, shedding, ecdysis
3. (military) surveillance shift
4. (by extension) replacement

   Synonym: cambio

5. (clothing) wetsuit
6. (poetry, archaic) each of the two tercets in a Petrarchan sonnet

   Hypernym: terzina

Related terms

Further reading

• Muta (biologia) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• Muta subacquea on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• muta¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French meute, from Middle French meute, from Old French meute, muete, from Vulgar Latin *movita, feminine of *movitus, from the perfect passive participle form of moveō (“to move”).

Noun

muta f (plural mute)

1. (hunting) pack (of hounds)
2. (by extension) a group of horses attached to a coach

See also

• cane
• cavallo

Further reading

• muta² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

Of Germanic origin.

Noun

muta f (plural mute)

1. (historical) tax, duty

   Synonym: dazio

2. (historical, by extension) customs

   Synonym: dogana

Further reading

• muta³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 4

Unknown.

Noun

muta f (plural mute)

1. (numismatics) the Piedmontese lira in the final years of the 18^th century

   Hypernym: lira

Further reading

• muta⁴ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

muta f sg

1. feminine singular of muto

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

muta

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

Ladin

Etymology

See mut.

Noun

muta f (plural mutans)

1. (Gherdëina) girl

Alternative forms

• möta (Badiot)
• beza, tousa (Fascian)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “age”): ëila
• (antonym(s) of “gender”): mut

Latin

Verb

mūtā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of mūtō

References

• muta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

muta f (definite singular muta, indefinite plural muter or mutor, definite plural mutene or mutone)

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

Verb

muta (present tense mutar, past tense muta, past participle muta, passive infinitive mutast, present participle mutande, imperative muta/mut)

1. alternative form of mute

Pipil

Etymology

Compare Classical Nahuatl motla (“to throw a rock/rocks at s.th./s.o.”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈmuta/

Verb

-muta

1. (transitive) to throw

   kimutak ne iashish

   He/she threw his/her urine

Derived terms

Portuguese

Verb

muta

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

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mūtāre, present active infinitive of mūtō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

a muta (third-person singular present mută, past participle mutat) 1st conj.

1. to move, shift
2. (reflexive) to move to, relocate

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

• strămuta

See also

• mișca

Sicilian

Adjective

muta f sg

1. feminine singular of mutu

Spanish

Verb

muta

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

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish múta, from Old Norse múta. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk mute f

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -²ʉːta

Noun

muta c

1. a bribe

Declension

Verb

muta (present mutar, preterite mutade, supine mutat, imperative muta)

1. to bribe

Conjugation

Related terms

• mutkolv

See also

• bestickning
• korruption

References

• muta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• muta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• muta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• mota — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *mutaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mutəq (“gummy secretion of the eyes”). Compare Ilocano muta, Bikol Central muta, Agutaynen metek, Cebuano muta, Hiligaynon muta, Northern Kankanay bota, Tboli mutok, Malagasy moty, and Nias mutõ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmutaʔ/,
• Hyphenation: mu‧ta

Noun

mutà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆ)

1. gound; mote; rheum or gummy secretion in the eyes

Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

From elision of /h/ from mutha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈta/,
• Hyphenation: mu‧ta

Noun

mutá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆ)

1. Alternative spelling of mutha (“a kind of grass”)

References

• “muta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *utaq, compare Malay muntah.

Verb

muta

1. to vomit

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muta.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmutɑ/,
• Rhymes: -utɑ
• Hyphenation: mu‧ta

Noun

muta

1. mud

Inflection

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “muta”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn