mulo
English
Alternative forms
- mullo
Etymology
Borrowed from Romani mulo (“dead (man)”).[1]
Noun
mulo (plural mulos or muli)
- (in Roma folklore) A vampire.
Usage notes
Both plural forms, mulos and muli, are rare.
References
- Ronald Lee, Romani Dictionary: Kalderash - English
Anagrams
- LUMO, omul, umol
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin mulus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmulo]
- Rhymes: -ulo
- Hyphenation: mu‧lo
Noun
mulo (accusative singular mulon, plural muloj, accusative plural mulojn)
- mule
Coordinate terms
- hino, azenĉevalo
Italian
Etymology
From Latin mulus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmu.lo/
- Rhymes: -ulo
- Hyphenation: mù‧lo
Noun
mulo m (plural muli, feminine mula)
- mule
See also
- bardotto
Latin
Noun
mūlō
- dative/ablative singular of mūlus
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin mūlus. Doublet of mu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmu.lu/
- Rhymes: -ulu
- Hyphenation: mu‧lo
Noun
mulo m (plural mulos, feminine mula, feminine plural mulas)
- mule (offspring of male donkey and female horse)
- Synonyms: mu, muar
Romani
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Ashokan Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit मृत (mṛta), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tás (“dead”), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós (“dead”), from *mer- (“to die”).
Adjective
mulo (feminine muli, plural mule)
- dead, deceased
- O Thagar si mulo! Te trail but o Thagar! ― The King is dead! Long live the King!
Noun
mulo m (plural mule)
- dead person, the deceased
- (folklore) ghost
Descendants
- → English: mulo
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mulo”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 593
- Yaron Matras (2002), “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31
- Milena Hübschmannová (May 2002), “Mulo”, in ROMBASE Cultural Database, Prague, retrieved August 25, 2021
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Venetian, from Latin mūla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mûːlo/
- Hyphenation: mu‧lo
Noun
mȗlo m (Cyrillic spelling му̑ло)
- (regional) bastard (person who was born out of wedlock)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | mulo | mula |
genitive | mula | mula |
dative | mulu | mulima |
accusative | mulo | mula |
vocative | mulo | mula |
locative | mulu | mulima |
instrumental | mulom | mulima |
References
- “mulo” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin mūlus.
Noun
mulo m (plural mulos, feminine mula, feminine plural mulas)
- mule
Derived terms
- ciervo mulo
Related terms
- mular
Further reading
- “mulo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014