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English

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Noun

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mula (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of moola.

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A-Pucikwar

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Etymology

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From Proto-Great Andamanese *mulə.

Noun

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mula

  1. egg

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Ayutla Mixtec

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish mula.

Noun

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mula

  1. mule

References

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  • Hills O., Roberto, et al. (2004), Diccionario lulu ña̱ sanyaꞌá xiinꞌ nya̱nya̱ = Pequeño diccionario ilustrado en el mixteco de Ayutla, Gro.[1] (overall work in Ayutla Mixtec and Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 7

Betawi

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Etymology

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

    Noun

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    mula

    1. start, beginning

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    Adjective

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    mula (not comparable)

    1. first

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    Catalan

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    mula f (plural mules)

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

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    Corsican

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    Una mula (1)
    Una mula (2)

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    Etymology 1

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    From Latin mula, feminine of mulus.

    Noun

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    mula f (masculine mulu, plural mule)

    1. she-mule

    Etymology 2

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    From its scientific name Mola mola.

    Noun

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    mula f (plural mule)

    1. sunfish, ocean sunfish (Mola mola)
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    References

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    • mula” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

    Czech

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    Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia cs
    mula

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    • IPA(key): [ˈmula]
    • Hyphenation: mu‧la
    • Rhymes: -ula

    Noun

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    mula f (relational adjective mulový or mulí)

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

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    Dharug

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    Alternative forms

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    Noun

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    mula

    1. man, male
      Synonym: dhulay

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    References

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    • Troy, Jakelin (2019) [1994], The Sydney Language[2], 2nd edition, Canberra, ACT: Aboriginal Studies Press, →ISBN, page 29

    Dupaningan Agta

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    Noun

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    mula

    1. crop; something to be planted

    Franco-Provençal

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Latin mūla.

    Noun

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    mula f (plural mules) (ORB, broad)

    1. female mule
      Coordinate term: mulèt m

    References

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    • mule in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
    • mula in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

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    Galician

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    Verb

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    mula

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

    Gamilaraay

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    Adjective

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    mula

    1. soft

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    • (2006). “Gaay Garay Dhadhin, Gamilaraay and Yuwalaraay Picture Dictionary”

    Hausa

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /mù.lá/
      • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [mʊ̀.lə́]

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    mùla (grade 3)

    1. (obsolete) to disappear, be gone

    Higaonon

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    Verb

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    mula

    1. to plant

    Indonesian

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    Etymology

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    From Malay mula, probably from either:

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /mula/
    • Hyphenation: mu‧la

    Noun

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    mula (plural mula-mula)

    1. origin

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    Italian

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈmu.la/
    • Rhymes: -ula
    • Hyphenation: mù‧la

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    mula f (plural mule, masculine mulo)

    1. she-mule

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    Latin

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    Etymology

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

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      Noun

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      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.

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

      singular plural
      nominative mūla mūlae
      genitive mūlae mūlārum
      dative mūlae mūlīs
      mūlābus
      accusative mūlam mūlās
      ablative mūlā mūlīs
      mūlābus
      vocative mūla mūlae
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      • Italo-Romance:
        • Corsican: mula
        • Italian: mula
      • Gallo-Romance:
      • Ibero-Romance:

      Borrowings:

      References

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      • mula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
      • mula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
      • "mula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

      Lower Sorbian

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      mula f (male equivalent mul)

      1. female mule

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      Noun

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      mula

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

      Further reading

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      • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “mula”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
      • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “mula”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

      Malay

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

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      mula (Jawi spelling مولا, uncountable)

      1. the beginning, the start
        dari mula lagi
        since the beginning
      2. (medicine) onset
        mula demamonset of fever.

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      • > Indonesian: mula (inherited)

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      Maltese

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        Inherited from Arabic مَوْلَى (mawlā).

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        mula m (plural mwiel)

        1. (obsolete) landlord

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        Old English

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        mūla

        1. genitive plural of mūl

        Old Galician-Portuguese

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        Etymology

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

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          mula f (plural mulas)

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

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          Old Spanish

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          Etymology

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            From Latin mūla, feminine of mūlus (mule).

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            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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            Polish

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            Pronunciation

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            • IPA(key): /ˈmu.la/
            • Rhymes: -ula
            • Syllabification: mu‧la

            Etymology 1

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              (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

              Noun

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              mula f

              1. (Buddhism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
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              Etymology 2

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                See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

                Noun

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                mula m animal

                1. genitive/accusative singular of mul

                Etymology 3

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                  See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

                  Adjective

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                  mula

                  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of muli

                  Further reading

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                  • mula”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[3] (in Polish)

                  Portuguese

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                  Etymology

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

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                    • Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):(file)
                    • Rhymes: -ulɐ
                    • Hyphenation: mu‧la

                    Noun

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                    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

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                    Romanian

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                    Etymology

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                    Borrowed from French mouler.

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

                    1. to mold

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                    Serbo-Croatian

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                    Etymology

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                    From Latin mūla.

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                    • IPA(key): /mûla/
                    • Hyphenation: mu‧la

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                    mȕla f (Cyrillic spelling му̏ла)

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

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                    Declension of mula
                    singular plural
                    nominative mȕla mule
                    genitive mule mȗlā
                    dative muli mulama
                    accusative mulu mule
                    vocative mulo mule
                    locative muli mulama
                    instrumental mulom mulama

                    References

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                    • mula”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

                    Slovene

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                    Noun

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                    múla f

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

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                    Unknown tone or non-tonal
                    The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
                    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

                    Further reading

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                    • mula”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

                    Spanish

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                    Etymology

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

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                      mula f (plural mulas)

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

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                      Swedish

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                      Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
                      Wikipedia sv
                      mula (1)
                      Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
                      Wikipedia sv

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                      Etymology 1

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

                      Noun

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                      mula c

                      1. mule (a generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse)
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                      Etymology 2

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                      From mule (muzzle).

                      Verb

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                      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.”
                        • 2025 July 15, Petter, “Karissa äter sockermunkar”, in Gamereactor:
                          Den tjejen kan mula socker/fett/salt, hon. Som en maskin.
                          That girl can stuff down sugar/fat/salt. Like a machine.
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                      • This verb for rubbing snow in someone’s face is known for its many dialectal synonyms, and in a survey made in 2006 by the radio programme Språket i P1, they received 95 synonyms for this word based on 5800 replies, mula being the most common one.
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                      Conjugation of mula (weak)
                      active passive
                      infinitive mula mulas
                      supine mulat mulats
                      imperative mula
                      imper. plural1 mulen
                      present past present past
                      indicative mular mulade mulas mulades
                      ind. plural1 mula mulade mulas mulades
                      subjunctive2 mule mulade mules mulades
                      present participle mulande
                      past participle mulad

                      1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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                      Etymology 3

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                      From Romani.

                      Verb

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                      mula

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

                      References

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                      • “Om 95 olika ord för att gnida in snö i ansiktet [About 95 different words for rubbing snow in someone’s face]”, in Språket i P1[6], Sveriges Radio, 10 January 2006, retrieved 23 October 2019
                      • mula”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

                      Tagalog

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                      Etymology 1

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                        Borrowed from Sanskrit मूल (mūla).

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                        mulâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)

                        1. from
                          Synonyms: galing, buhat

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                        mulâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)

                        1. (formal, archaic) origin
                          Synonyms: orihen, pinagmulan, pinanggalingan
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                        Etymology 2

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

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                          mula (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)

                          1. mule (sterile hybrid of donkey and horse)

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                          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).

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                          mula (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ)

                          1. mule (backless shoe)

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

                          1. apheretic form of pumula: to turn red

                          Etymology 5

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

                          1. apheretic form of pumula: to criticize

                          References

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                          • mula”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
                          • Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 834

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                          Volapük

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                          Noun

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                          mula

                          1. genitive singular of mul

                          Warlpiri

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                          Noun

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                          mula

                          1. egg

                          Woiwurrung

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                          Noun

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                          mula

                          1. shadow[1]
                          2. shade[2]

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                          • yunak (shade, shadow)

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                          Yogad

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                          Noun

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                          mulá

                          1. a plant
                          mula
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