muta

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English

Noun

muta (uncountable)

  1. (US, slang) Alternative form of mootah (“marijuana”).

See also

Anagrams

Bongo

Numeral

muta

  1. three

Catalan

Verb

muta

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

Cebuano

Noun

muta

  1. rheum in the eyes; sleep

Esperanto

Etymology

From English mute, French muet, Italian muto and Latin mutus.[1] First attested in Zamenhof's Plena Vortaro Rusa-Internacia (1889).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmuta/
  • Audio 1:(file)
  • Audio 2:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uta
  • Syllabification: mu‧ta

Adjective

muta (accusative singular mutan, plural mutaj, accusative plural mutajn)

  1. mute, speechless

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Ebbe Vilborg, “muta”, in Etimologia Vortaro de Esperanto [Etymological Dictionary of Esperanto], volume 3, →ISBN, page 127
  2. ^ Neves; Pabst (2022), “mut/”, in Historia Vortaro de Esperanto, →ISBN, page 590

Further reading

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muta (compare Estonian muda, Veps muda),[1] from Proto-Uralic *muďa (compare Erzya мода (moda), Nganasan моу (mou)).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmutɑ/, [ˈmut̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -utɑ
  • Syllabification(key): mu‧ta
  • Hyphenation(key): mu‧ta

Noun

muta

  1. mire, mud; decaying organic matter in the bottom of a lake, etc.
  2. (loosely) mud (mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment)

Declension

Inflection of muta (Kotus type 10*F/koira, t–d gradation)
nominative muta mudat
genitive mudan mutien
partitive mutaa mutia
illative mutaan mutiin
singular plural
nominative muta mudat
accusative nom. muta mudat
gen. mudan
genitive mudan mutien
mutain rare
partitive mutaa mutia
inessive mudassa mudissa
elative mudasta mudista
illative mutaan mutiin
adessive mudalla mudilla
ablative mudalta mudilta
allative mudalle mudille
essive mutana mutina
translative mudaksi mudiksi
abessive mudatta muditta
instructive — mudin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of muta (Kotus type 10*F/koira, t–d gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mutani mutani
accusative nom. mutani mutani
gen. mutani
genitive mutani mutieni
mutaini rare
partitive mutaani mutiani
inessive mudassani mudissani
elative mudastani mudistani
illative mutaani mutiini
adessive mudallani mudillani
ablative mudaltani mudiltani
allative mudalleni mudilleni
essive mutanani mutinani
translative mudakseni mudikseni
abessive mudattani mudittani
instructive — —
comitative — mutineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mutasi mutasi
accusative nom. mutasi mutasi
gen. mutasi
genitive mutasi mutiesi
mutaisi rare
partitive mutaasi mutiasi
inessive mudassasi mudissasi
elative mudastasi mudistasi
illative mutaasi mutiisi
adessive mudallasi mudillasi
ablative mudaltasi mudiltasi
allative mudallesi mudillesi
essive mutanasi mutinasi
translative mudaksesi mudiksesi
abessive mudattasi mudittasi
instructive — —
comitative — mutinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mutamme mutamme
accusative nom. mutamme mutamme
gen. mutamme
genitive mutamme mutiemme
mutaimme rare
partitive mutaamme mutiamme
inessive mudassamme mudissamme
elative mudastamme mudistamme
illative mutaamme mutiimme
adessive mudallamme mudillamme
ablative mudaltamme mudiltamme
allative mudallemme mudillemme
essive mutanamme mutinamme
translative mudaksemme mudiksemme
abessive mudattamme mudittamme
instructive — —
comitative — mutinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mutanne mutanne
accusative nom. mutanne mutanne
gen. mutanne
genitive mutanne mutienne
mutainne rare
partitive mutaanne mutianne
inessive mudassanne mudissanne
elative mudastanne mudistanne
illative mutaanne mutiinne
adessive mudallanne mudillanne
ablative mudaltanne mudiltanne
allative mudallenne mudillenne
essive mutananne mutinanne
translative mudaksenne mudiksenne
abessive mudattanne mudittanne
instructive — —
comitative — mutinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative mutansa mutansa
accusative nom. mutansa mutansa
gen. mutansa
genitive mutansa mutiensa
mutainsa rare
partitive mutaansa mutiaan
mutiansa
inessive mudassaan
mudassansa 		mudissaan
mudissansa
elative mudastaan
mudastansa 		mudistaan
mudistansa
illative mutaansa mutiinsa
adessive mudallaan
mudallansa 		mudillaan
mudillansa
ablative mudaltaan
mudaltansa 		mudiltaan
mudiltansa
allative mudalleen
mudallensa 		mudilleen
mudillensa
essive mutanaan
mutanansa 		mutinaan
mutinansa
translative mudakseen
mudaksensa 		mudikseen
mudiksensa
abessive mudattaan
mudattansa 		mudittaan
mudittansa
instructive — —
comitative — mutineen
mutinensa

Derived terms

compounds

See also

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*muta”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  2. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2002. "New and Old Samoyed Etymologies". Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 57, pp. 9–57.

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Verb

muta

  1. third-person singular past historic of muter

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

muta

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

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muta. Cognates include Finnish muta and Estonian muda.

Pronunciation

Noun

muta

  1. mud, mire (decaying matter at the bottom of a river or lake)

Declension

Declension of muta (type 3/koira, t- gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative muta muat
genitive muan muttiin
partitive muttaa muttia
illative muttaa muttii
inessive muas muis
elative muast muist
allative mualle muille
adessive mual muil
ablative mualt muilt
translative muaks muiks
essive mutanna, muttaan mutinna, muttiin
exessive1) mutant mutint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 315

Irish

Noun

muta m (genitive singular muta, nominative plural mutaí)

  1. alternative form of buta (“butt; thick end, stock; butte; stocky person”)

Declension

Declension of muta (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative muta mutaí
vocative a mhuta a mhutaí
genitive muta mutaí
dative muta mutaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an muta na mutaí
genitive an mhuta na mutaí
dative leis an muta
don mhuta 		leis na mutaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of muta
radical lenition eclipsis
muta mhuta not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “muta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmu.ta/
  • Rhymes: -uta
  • Hyphenation: mù‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from mutare (“to change”) +‎ -a.

Noun

muta f (plural mute)

  1. (uncommon) change (act of changing; act of replacing)
    Synonym: cambio
  2. (zoology) moult, moulting, molt, shedding, ecdysis
  3. (military) surveillance shift
  4. (by extension) replacement
    Synonym: cambio
  5. (clothing) wetsuit
  6. (poetry, archaic) each of the two tercets in a Petrarchan sonnet
    Hypernym: terzina

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French meute, from Middle French meute, from Old French meute, muete, from Vulgar Latin *movita, feminine of *movitus, from the perfect passive participle form of moveō (“to move”).

Noun

muta f (plural mute)

  1. (hunting) pack (of hounds)
  2. (by extension) a group of horses attached to a coach

See also

Further reading

  • “muta2”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Etymology 3

Of Germanic origin.

Noun

muta f (plural mute)

  1. (historical) tax, duty
    Synonym: dazio
  2. (historical, by extension) customs
    Synonym: dogana

Further reading

  • “muta3”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Etymology 4

Unknown.

Noun

muta f (plural mute)

  1. (numismatics) the Piedmontese lira in the final years of the 18th century
    Hypernym: lira

Further reading

  • “muta4”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

muta f sg

  1. feminine singular of muto

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

muta

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

Ladin

Etymology

See mut.

Noun

muta f (plural mutans)

  1. (Gherdëina) girl

Alternative forms

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “age”): ëila
  • (antonym(s) of “gender”): mut

Latin

Verb

mūtā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of mūtō

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

muta f (definite singular muta, indefinite plural muter or mutor, definite plural mutene or mutone)

  1. definite singular of mute
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of mute

Verb

muta (present tense mutar, past tense muta, past participle muta, passive infinitive mutast, present participle mutande, imperative muta/mut)

  1. alternative form of mute

Pipil

Etymology

Compare Classical Nahuatl motla (“to throw a rock/rocks at s.th./s.o.”).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /ˈmuta/

Verb

-muta

  1. (transitive) to throw
    kimutak ne iashish
    He/she threw his/her urine

Derived terms

  • -kutamuta (“to throw (one's body)”)
  • -mutilia (“to throw at someone”)
  • -tajtamuta (“to throw various things”)
  • -tamuta (“to throw, to shoot”)

Portuguese

Verb

muta

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

Romanian

Etymology

    Inherited from Latin mūtāre.

    Pronunciation

    • Audio:(file)

    Verb

    a muta (third-person singular present mută, past participle mutat, third-person subjunctive mute) 1st conjugation

    1. to move, shift
    2. (reflexive) to move to, relocate

    Conjugation

        conjugation of muta (first conjugation, no infix)
    infinitive a muta
    gerund mutând
    past participle mutat
    number singular plural
    person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
    present mut muți mută mutăm mutați mută
    imperfect mutam mutai muta mutam mutați mutau
    simple perfect mutai mutași mută mutarăm mutarăți mutară
    pluperfect mutasem mutaseși mutase mutaserăm mutaserăți mutaseră
    subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
    present să mut să muți să mute să mutăm să mutați să mute
    imperative — tu — — voi —
    affirmative mută mutați
    negative nu muta nu mutați

    Derived terms

    See also

    Sicilian

    Adjective

    muta f sg

    1. feminine singular of mutu

    Spanish

    Verb

    muta

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

    Swedish

    Etymology

    From Old Swedish múta, from Old Norse múta. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk mute f

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -²ʉːta

    Noun

    muta c

    1. a bribe

    Declension

    Declension of muta
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite muta mutas
    definite mutan mutans
    plural indefinite mutor mutors
    definite mutorna mutornas

    Verb

    muta (present mutar, preterite mutade, supine mutat, imperative muta)

    1. to bribe

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of muta (weak)
    active passive
    infinitive muta mutas
    supine mutat mutats
    imperative muta —
    imper. plural1 muten —
    present past present past
    indicative mutar mutade mutas mutades
    ind. plural1 muta mutade mutas mutades
    subjunctive2 mute mutade mutes mutades
    present participle mutande
    past participle mutad

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

    Derived terms

    See also

    References

    Tagalog

    Alternative forms

    Etymology 1

      Inherited from Proto-Philippine *mutaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mutəq (“gummy secretion of the eyes”). Compare Ilocano muta, Central Bikol muta, Agutaynen metek, Cebuano muta, Hiligaynon muta, Northern Kankanaey bota, Tboli mutok, Malagasy moty, and Nias mutõ.

      Pronunciation

      • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmutaʔ/ [ˈmuː.t̪ɐʔ]
      • Rhymes: -utaʔ
      • Syllabification: mu‧ta

      Noun

      mutà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆ)

      1. gound; mote; rheum or gummy secretion in the eyes
      Derived terms
      • himuta
      • himutaan
      • manghimuta
      • mutain
      See also

      Etymology 2

      From elision of /h/ from mutha.

      Pronunciation

      • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /muˈta/ [mʊˈt̪a]
      • Rhymes: -a
      • Syllabification: mu‧ta

      Noun

      mutá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆ)

      1. alternative spelling of mutha (“a kind of grass”)

      References

      • “muta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

      Anagrams

      Tetum

      Etymology

      From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *utaq, compare Malay muntah.

      Verb

      muta

      1. to vomit

      Turkish

      Noun

      muta

      1. dative singular of mut

      Votic

      Etymology

      From Proto-Finnic *muta.

      Pronunciation

      • (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA(key): /ˈmutɑ/, [ˈmutɑ]
      • (Jõgõperä) IPA(key): /ˈmutɑ/, [ˈmutɑ]
      • (Central Votic) IPA(key): /ˈmutɑ/, [ˈmutɑ]
      • (Eastern Votic) IPA(key): /ˈmutɑ/, [ˈmutɑ]
      • Rhymes: -utɑ
      • Hyphenation: mu‧ta

      Noun

      muta

      1. mud

      Inflection

      Declension of muta (type V/poikõ, t- gradation)
      singular plural
      nominative muta muad
      genitive mua mutijõ
      partitive mutta mutiit
      illative mutta, muttasõ mutiisõ
      inessive muaz mutiiz
      elative muass mutiiss
      allative muallõ mutiillõ
      adessive muall mutiill
      ablative mualt mutiilt
      translative muassi mutiissi
      'Standardized' inflection based on the Vaipooli dialects; see WT:AVOT.
      For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects.
      *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
      **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
      ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

      References

      • Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “muta”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎[3], 2nd edition, Tallinn
      • Lauri Kettunen (1986), “mu/ta”, in Jarmo Elomaa, Eino Koponen, Leena Silfverberg, editors, Vatjan kielen Mahun murteen sanasto (Castrenianiumin toimitteita; 27)‎[4], Helsinki: Castrenianum, →ISBN
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