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mula (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of moola.

From Proto-Great Andamanese *mulə.

mula

  1. egg

Borrowed from Spanish mula.

mula

  1. mule

Inherited from Classical Malay mula, from Sanskrit मूल (mūla).

mula

  1. start, beginning

mula (not comparable)

  1. first

mula f (plural mules)

  1. female equivalent of mul
  2. tree spurge
    Synonym: lleterassa
  3. callus
  4. garfish
    Synonym: agulla prima

Una mula (1)

Una mula (2)

From Latin mula, feminine of mulus.

mula f (masculine mulu, plural mule)

  1. she-mule

From its scientific name Mola mola.

mula f (plural mule)

  1. sunfish, ocean sunfish (Mola mola)

mula

mula f (relational adjective mulový or mulí)

  1. mule (hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse)
    Alternative form: mul m

mula

  1. man, male
    Synonym: dhulay

mula

  1. crop; something to be planted

Inherited from Latin mūla.

mula f (plural mules) (ORB, broad)

  1. female mule
    Coordinate term: mulèt m

Further information

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mula

  1. inflection of mulir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

mula

  1. soft

mùla (grade 3)

  1. (obsolete) to disappear, be gone

mula

  1. to plant

From Malay mula, probably from either:

mula (plural **mula-mula)

  1. origin
  1. ^ https://www.trussel2.com/ACD/acd-s_m.htm#3630

mula f (plural mule, masculine mulo)

  1. she-mule

Feminine of mūlus; mūlus +‎ -a (feminine suffix).

mūla f (genitive mūlae); first declension

  1. female mule, she-mule
    • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 7.14:
      […] : mulis strata detrahi iubet binisque tantum centunculis relictis agasones partim captivis, partim aegrorum armis ornatos imponit.
      […] : he orders the mules to be stripped off their saddles and, leaving them only some two small pieces of patchwork to be sat on, be mounted with their muleteers carrying weapons taken from either the prisoners or the sick.

First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -īs or dative/ablative plural in -ābus).

Borrowings:

mula f (male equivalent mul)

  1. female mule

mula

  1. inflection of mul:
    1. genitive/accusative singular
    2. nominative dual

There are two suggested theories as to where this word usage originated:

mula (Jawi spelling مولا, uncountable)

  1. the beginning, the start
    dari mula lagi
    since the beginning
  2. (medicine) onset
    mula demam ― onset of fever.
  1. ^ https://www.trussel2.com/ACD/acd-s_m.htm#3630

Inherited from Arabic مَوْلَى (mawlā).

mula m (plural mwiel)

  1. (obsolete) landlord

mūla

  1. genitive plural of mūl

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Learned borrowing from Latin mūla, from mūlus + -a. Doublet of mua.

mula f (plural mulas)

  1. female equivalent of mulo (“female mule”)
    Synonyms: mũacha, mua

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin mūla

Old Spanish mula

From Latin mūla, feminine of mūlus (“mule”).

mula f (plural mulas)

  1. mule
    • 13th century, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, page 38vb:
      E dixo acab a abdias ue ala tr̃a por las fontanas todas de las tr̃as ⁊ por las torriẽtes quiçab trobaremos yerba ont biuan los cauallos elas mulas e nõ p̃damos las beſtias.
      And Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go into the land to every fountain throughout the land and to the brooks. Perhaps we will find grass on which the horses and mules can live, that we may not lose the beasts.”

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mula f

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mula m animal

  1. genitive/accusative singular of mul

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mula

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of muli

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mula, a learned borrowing from Latin mūla, from mūlus + -a. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese mua.

mula f (plural mulas)

  1. mule (hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse)
    Coordinate term: bardoto
  2. (strictly, rare) female equivalent of mulo (“female mule”)
  3. (figuratively) a stubborn person
  4. (jargon) a pile of salt
  5. drug mule

Borrowed from French mouler.

a mula (third-person singular present mulează, past participle mulat) 1st conjugation

  1. to mold

From Latin mūla.

mȕla f (Cyrillic spelling му̏ла)

  1. mule (offspring of male donkey and female horse)

múla f

  1. mule (offspring of male donkey and female horse)
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. múla
gen. sing. múle
singular dual plural
nominative(imenovȃlnik) múla múli múle
genitive(rodȋlnik) múle múl múl
dative(dajȃlnik) múli múlama múlam
accusative(tožȋlnik) múlo múli múle
locative(mẹ̑stnik) múli múlah múlah
instrumental(orọ̑dnik) múlo múlama múlami

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin mūla

Old Spanish mula

Spanish mula

Inherited from Old Spanish mula, from Latin mūla, feminine of mūlus (“mule”).

mula f (plural mulas)

  1. female equivalent of mulo (“mule”)
  2. trash
  3. (Latin America) traitor
  4. (Mexico) a smart, somewhat abusive person

mula (1)

From Old Swedish mule, via German, from Latin mulus.

mula c

  1. mule (a generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse)

From mule (“muzzle”).

mula (present mular, preterite mulade, supine mulat, imperative **mula)

  1. (colloquial) to rub snow in someone's face
    • 2006, “16-åring friad från snöbollsmisshandel [16-year-old released in court from snowball abuse]”, in Sydsvenskan‎[4]:
      Kamraten sade i tingsrätten att han bara tog tag i 16-åringen och mulade honom med snö innan han släppte taget.
      His friend said in district court that he only grabbed the 16-year-old and rubbed snow in his face before letting go.
  2. (by extension, colloquial) to rub something in someone’s face
    Synonym: pula
    • 2008, P J Anders Linder, “En ding, ding, ding, ding värld? [A mad, mad, mad, mad world?]”, in Svenska Dagbladet‎[5]:
      Bäst som Barack Obama stod och övade segergester framför hallspegeln ringde Reuters på dörren och mulade honom med gratulationstårtan.
      Just as Barack Obama stood in front of his hall mirror, practicing victory gestures, Reuters called on the door and rubbed a congratulatory cake in his face.
  3. (colloquial) to wolf down, stuff down; to eat, especially as if (figuratively) rubbing one’s face in the food
    Jag mulade en hel chokladkaka.
    I wolfed down an entire chocolate bar.
    • 2024 April 27, Eleonor Svensson, Clara Wasell, “Strategin som gav Lhiam förstaplatsen”, in Hela Gotland:
      Med en annorlunda strategi lyckades han mula i sig flest korvar på tio minuter: ”Det blir mer som att du dricker brödet, vilket spar tid”
      With an unusual strategy he managed to stuff down the most sausages in ten minutes: “It becomes more like you drink the bread, which saves time.”

From Romani.

mula

  1. (slang) (intransitive) to die
  2. (slang) (transitive) to kill somebody

Borrowed from Sanskrit मूल (mūla).

mulâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)

  1. from
    Synonyms: galing, buhat

mulâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)

  1. (formal, archaic) origin
    Synonyms: orihen, pinagmulan, pinanggalingan

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin mūla

Old Spanish mula

Tagalog mula

Borrowed from Spanish mula, from Old Spanish mula, from Latin mūla, from mūlus + -a.

mula (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)

  1. mule (sterile hybrid of donkey and horse)

Borrowed from Spanish mula, from Medieval Latin mula (“slipper, shoe with a thick sole”), presumably from classical Latin mulleus, the dyed shoe of either the patricians or senators, from Ancient Greek μύλλος (múllos).

mula (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)

  1. mule (backless shoe)

mulá (complete nula, progressive nunula, contemplative pupula, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ) (obsolete)

  1. apheretic form of pumula: to turn red

mulà (complete nula, progressive nunula, contemplative pupula, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ) (obsolete)

  1. apheretic form of pumula: to criticize

mula

  1. genitive singular of mul

mula

  1. egg

mula

  1. shadow[1]
  1. ^ https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/server/api/core/bitstreams/f4512721-7645-4722-90b8-168541d38240/content

mulá

  1. a plant