mulo

See also: múló

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani mulo (dead (man)).[1]

Noun

mulo (plural mulos or muli)

  1. (in Roma folklore) A vampire.

Usage notes

Both plural forms, mulos and muli, are rare.

References

  1. Ronald Lee, Romani Dictionary: Kalderash - English

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin mulus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmulo]
  • Rhymes: -ulo
  • Hyphenation: mu‧lo

Noun

mulo (accusative singular mulon, plural muloj, accusative plural mulojn)

  1. mule

Coordinate terms

Galician

Verb

mulo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mulir

Italian

Etymology

From Latin mulus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmu.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ulo
  • Hyphenation: mù‧lo

Noun

mulo m (plural muli, feminine mula)

  1. mule

See also

Latin

Noun

mūlō

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. dead, deceased
    O Thagar si mulo! Te trail but o Thagar!The King is dead! Long live the King!

Noun

mulo m (plural mule)

  1. dead person, the deceased
  2. (folklore) ghost

Descendants

  • English: mulo
  • Limburgish: mol, moll

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 (2002 May) “Mulo”, in ROMBASE Cultural Database, Prague, archived from the original on 19 October 2021

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Venetian, from Latin mūla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mûːlo/
  • Hyphenation: mu‧lo

Noun

mȗlo m (Cyrillic spelling му̑ло)

  1. (regional) bastard (person who was born out of wedlock)

Declension

References

  • mulo” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mūlus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmulo/ [ˈmu.lo]
  • Rhymes: -ulo
  • Syllabification: mu‧lo

Noun

mulo m (plural mulos, feminine mula, feminine plural mulas)

  1. mule

Derived terms

Further reading

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