mola

See also: Mola, móla, molá, mõla, moła, and мола

English

Kuna woman selling molas in Panama City.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊ.lə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊ.lə/
Rhymes: -əʊlə

Noun

mola (plural molas)

A sunfish, Mola mola.

Noun

mola (plural molas)

A traditional textile art form of the Kuna people of Panama and Colombia, consisting of cloth panels to be worn on clothing, featuring complex designs made with multiple layers of cloth in a reverse appliqué technique.
- 1977, Rhoda L. Auld, Molas: What they are, How to make them, Ideas they suggest for creative appliqué, page 67
  The classic mola is pure applique and is distinguished by alternating bands of color.

Translations

traditional textile art using reverse appliqué

Anagrams

AMLO, LMAO, Malo, lmao, loam, loma, malo

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin mola.

Noun

mola f (plural moles)

millstone
grindstone

Derived terms

esmolar
molada
molar
moler
molera
moleta

Related terms

molí

Etymology 2

From Latin mōlēs.

Noun

mola f (plural moles)

mass (something large)
sunfish
Synonyms: bot, peix lluna

Related terms

moll

Esperanto

Etymology

From French molle and Italian molle, both from Latin mollis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmola/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: mo‧la

Adjective

mola (accusative singular molan, plural molaj, accusative plural molajn)

soft

Antonyms

malmola

Derived terms

mole (“softly”)

Icelandic

Etymology

From moli (“fragment, piece”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmɔːla]
Rhymes: -ɔːla

Verb

mola (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative molaði, supine molað)

(transitive, with accusative) to shatter, to smash

Conjugation

mola — active voice (germynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að mola
supine (sagnbót)		molað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		molandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég mola	við molum	present (nútíð)	ég moli	við molum
	þú molar	þið molið		þú molir	þið molið
	hann, hún, það molar	þeir, þær, þau mola		hann, hún, það moli	þeir, þær, þau moli

past (þátíð)	ég molaði	við moluðum	past (þátíð)	ég molaði	við moluðum
	þú molaðir	þið moluðuð		þú molaðir	þið moluðuð
	hann, hún, það molaði	þeir, þær, þau moluðu		hann, hún, það molaði	þeir, þær, þau moluðu

imperative (boðháttur)	mola (þú)	molið (þið)
	molaðu	moliði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

molast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að molast
supine (sagnbót)		molast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		molandist the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég molast	við molumst	present (nútíð)	ég molist	við molumst
	þú molast	þið molist		þú molist	þið molist
	hann, hún, það molast	þeir, þær, þau molast		hann, hún, það molist	þeir, þær, þau molist

past (þátíð)	ég molaðist	við moluðumst	past (þátíð)	ég molaðist	við moluðumst
	þú molaðist	þið moluðust		þú molaðist	þið moluðust
	hann, hún, það molaðist	þeir, þær, þau moluðust		hann, hún, það molaðist	þeir, þær, þau moluðust

imperative (boðháttur)	molast (þú)	molist (þið)
	molastu	molisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

molaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
strong declension (sterk beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	molaður	moluð	molað	molaðir	molaðar	moluð
accusative (þolfall)	molaðan	molaða	molað	molaða	molaðar	moluð
dative (þágufall)	moluðum	molaðri	moluðu	moluðum	moluðum	moluðum
genitive (eignarfall)	molaðs	molaðrar	molaðs	molaðra	molaðra	molaðra

weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
weak declension (veik beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	molaði	molaða	molaða	moluðu	moluðu	moluðu
accusative (þolfall)	molaða	moluðu	molaða	moluðu	moluðu	moluðu
dative (þágufall)	molaða	moluðu	molaða	moluðu	moluðu	moluðu
genitive (eignarfall)	molaða	moluðu	molaða	moluðu	moluðu	moluðu

Ido

Adjective

mola

soft

Antonyms

harda

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɔlˠə/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠʌlˠə/

Verb

mola

inflection of mol:
1. present subjunctive analytic
2. (obsolete) second-person singular present indicative

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mola	mhola	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian

Una mola (angle grinder)

Una mola (bench grinder) in operazione

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.la/
Rhymes: -ɔla
Hyphenation: mò‧la

Etymology 1

From Latin mola, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).

Noun

mola f (plural mole)

millstone
grindstone
honing
(historical, Rome) water mill; especially one of the mills once found adjacent Isola Tiberina
(colloquial) angle grinder, disc grinder, side grinder (power tool with a perpendicular abrasive disc)
Synonyms: smerigliatrice, molatrice, mola angolare, smerigliatrice angolare, molatrice angolare
(colloquial) bench grinder
Synonyms: smerigliatrice, molatrice, mola da banco, smerigliatrice da banco, molatrice da banco

Related terms

molare
molatrice
mulino / molino
macina

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mola

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

Anagrams

almo, lamo, malo

Karao

Noun

mola

plant

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰo-. Cognates include Latvian mala.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmɔla]
Hyphenation: mo‧la

Noun

mola f (diminutive maleņa)

edge

Declension

Declension of mola (type 4 noun)

	singular	plural
nominative	mola	molys, molas¹⁾
genitive	molys, molas¹⁾	molu
dative	molai	molom
accusative	molu	molys, molas¹⁾
instrumental	molu	molom
locative	molā	moluos
vocative	mola, mol	molys, molas¹⁾
¹⁾ dialectal

References

Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *molā, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”). Cognate with Latin mollis, Ancient Greek μύλη (múlē), English meal. See also English maelstrom.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.la/, [ˈmɔɫ̪ä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.la/, [ˈmɔːlä]

Noun

mola f (genitive molae); first declension

millstone
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.317-318:
  inde focum observat pistor dominamque focōrum,
  et quae pūmiceās versat asella molās.
  Thereupon the baker reverences the hearth and the mistress of the hearth, and the she-donkey that turns the pumice millstones.
  (See Vestalia.)
(especially plural) mill
ground meal

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mola	molae
Genitive	molae	molārum
Dative	molae	molīs
Accusative	molam	molās
Ablative	molā	molīs
Vocative	mola	molae

Hyponyms

mola aquāria (“water mill”)
mola asināria (“Roman stone hand mill, worked by a donkey or mule”)

Derived terms

immolō
molāris
molārius
molīle
molō
molūcrum

Related terms

molitiō
molitor
molīnus

Descendants

Aromanian: moarã
Asturian: muela
Catalan: mola
Dutch: molen
English: mill
French: meule
Friulian: muele
Galician: moa
Italian: mola
Occitan: mòla
Portuguese: mó
Romanian: moară
Sardinian: moa, mola, mora
Sicilian: mola
Spanish: muela
Venetian: moła

References

“mola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
mola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Lower Sorbian

Noun

mola f

Superseded spelling of móla.

Declension

declension of mola

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	mola	moli	mole
Genitive	mole	molowu	molow
Dative	moli	moloma	molam
Accusative	molu	moli	mole
Instrumental	molu	moloma	molami
Locative	moli	moloma	molach

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

(Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmola/

Verb

mola

inflection of mollat:
1. present indicative connegative
2. second-person singular imperative
3. imperative connegative

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.la/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔla
Syllabification: mo‧la

Noun

mola m anim

genitive/accusative singular of mól

Noun

mola m inan

genitive singular of mol

Portuguese

mola

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian molla (“spring”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.lɐ/

Hyphenation: mo‧la

Noun

mola f (plural molas)

spring (device made of flexible material)
(Portugal) clothes peg (object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline)
Synonyms: (Madeira) grampo, (Brazil) prisão, (Brazil) prendedor, pregador
(Mozambique, informal) money

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ملا‎ (molla), from Persian ‎ (mollâ), from Arabic مَوْلًى‎ (mawlan, “vicar, guardian”).

Noun

mola f (uncountable)

mullah

Declension

declension of mola (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) mola	molaua
genitive/dative	(unei) -	-i
vocative

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

mola m

genitive singular of mol

Spanish

Verb

mola

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

Swahili

Noun

mola (n class, no plural)

Alternative letter-case form of Mola

Swedish

Verb

mola (present molar, preterite molade, supine molat, imperative mola)

to ache with a dull continuous pain
Tanden molar ― The tooth is aching
(regional, Hälsingland region) to eat a thing by itself that would normally be eaten with something else
Sluta mola ost! ― Stop eating just cheese (and make a sandwich if you are going to eat cheese)!

Conjugation

Conjugation of mola (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	mola		molas
Supine	molat		molats
Imperative	mola		—
Imper. plural¹	molen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	molar	molade	molas	molades
Ind. plural¹	mola	molade	molas	molades
Subjunctive²	mole	molade	moles	molades
	Participles
Present participle	molande
Past participle	molad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

mola in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
mola in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
mola in Svensk ordbok (SO)
Ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish موله‎ (mola), from Venetian moła, 2nd person imperative of Venetian mołar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ɫa/
Hyphenation: mo‧la

Noun

mola (definite accusative molayı, plural molalar)

rest, break, pause

Derived terms

mola almak
molalı
molasız
mola taşı
mola vermek

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔla/

Noun

mola

Nasal mutation of bola.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bola	fola	mola	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

mola

English

Pronunciation

Noun

Noun

Translations

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Related terms

Further reading

Esperanto

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Antonyms

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Ido

Adjective

Antonyms

Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

Mutation

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Related terms

See also

Etymology 2

Verb

Anagrams

Karao

Noun

Latgalian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

References

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

Lower Sorbian

Noun

Declension

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

Verb

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

Noun

Portuguese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Noun

Declension