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mukula

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from various Bantu languages, where the mu- or m- represents the noun class prefix.

Noun

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mukula (uncountable)

  1. (Zambia, Malawi) Transvaal teak, the timber tree Pterocarpus angolensis, or its substitute of comparable properties Pterocarpus tinctorius syn. Pterocarpus chrysothrix

Further reading

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  • Shi Yi (2017 January 20) “Chinese Demand for Bloodwood Cuts Into Congo’s Ecosystem”, in Earth Journalism Network[1], archived from the original on 21 August 2019
  • Xue Weng, Paolo Cerutti, Penias Banda and Davison Gumbo (2017 April 19) “Saving trees or improving lives? Tackling illegal logging in Zambia's forests”, in International Institute for Environment and Development[2]
  • Paolo Omar Cerutti, Davison Gumbo, Kaala Moombe, George Schoneveld, Robert Nasi, Nils Bourland and Xiaoxue Weng (2018) Informality, global capital, rural development and the environment: Mukula (rosewood) trade between China and Zambia[3], International Institute for Environment and Development

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Finnish

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Etymology

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mukku +‎ -la, from a back-vowel variant of mykky (possibly by influence from muhku-)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmukulɑ/, [ˈmukulɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ukulɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): mu‧ku‧la

Noun

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mukula

  1. (botany) tuber (fleshy underground stem)
  2. (modifier) tuberous, and other translations (of, relating to, resembling, or producing tubers)
    mukulajuurestuberous root vegetable
    mukulakivicobblestone
  3. (horticulture) tuber (thickened rootstock)
  4. lump (mound or mass of no particular shape)
  5. (colloquial) kid (little child)

Declension

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Inflection of mukula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative mukula mukulat
genitive mukulan mukuloiden
mukuloitten
partitive mukulaa mukuloita
illative mukulaan mukuloihin
singular plural
nominative mukula mukulat
accusative nom. mukula mukulat
gen. mukulan
genitive mukulan mukuloiden
mukuloitten
mukulain rare
partitive mukulaa mukuloita
inessive mukulassa mukuloissa
elative mukulasta mukuloista
illative mukulaan mukuloihin
adessive mukulalla mukuloilla
ablative mukulalta mukuloilta
allative mukulalle mukuloille
essive mukulana mukuloina
translative mukulaksi mukuloiksi
abessive mukulatta mukuloitta
instructive mukuloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of mukula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mukulani mukulani
accusative nom. mukulani mukulani
gen. mukulani
genitive mukulani mukuloideni
mukuloitteni
mukulaini rare
partitive mukulaani mukuloitani
inessive mukulassani mukuloissani
elative mukulastani mukuloistani
illative mukulaani mukuloihini
adessive mukulallani mukuloillani
ablative mukulaltani mukuloiltani
allative mukulalleni mukuloilleni
essive mukulanani mukuloinani
translative mukulakseni mukuloikseni
abessive mukulattani mukuloittani
instructive
comitative mukuloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mukulasi mukulasi
accusative nom. mukulasi mukulasi
gen. mukulasi
genitive mukulasi mukuloidesi
mukuloittesi
mukulaisi rare
partitive mukulaasi mukuloitasi
inessive mukulassasi mukuloissasi
elative mukulastasi mukuloistasi
illative mukulaasi mukuloihisi
adessive mukulallasi mukuloillasi
ablative mukulaltasi mukuloiltasi
allative mukulallesi mukuloillesi
essive mukulanasi mukuloinasi
translative mukulaksesi mukuloiksesi
abessive mukulattasi mukuloittasi
instructive
comitative mukuloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mukulamme mukulamme
accusative nom. mukulamme mukulamme
gen. mukulamme
genitive mukulamme mukuloidemme
mukuloittemme
mukulaimme rare
partitive mukulaamme mukuloitamme
inessive mukulassamme mukuloissamme
elative mukulastamme mukuloistamme
illative mukulaamme mukuloihimme
adessive mukulallamme mukuloillamme
ablative mukulaltamme mukuloiltamme
allative mukulallemme mukuloillemme
essive mukulanamme mukuloinamme
translative mukulaksemme mukuloiksemme
abessive mukulattamme mukuloittamme
instructive
comitative mukuloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mukulanne mukulanne
accusative nom. mukulanne mukulanne
gen. mukulanne
genitive mukulanne mukuloidenne
mukuloittenne
mukulainne rare
partitive mukulaanne mukuloitanne
inessive mukulassanne mukuloissanne
elative mukulastanne mukuloistanne
illative mukulaanne mukuloihinne
adessive mukulallanne mukuloillanne
ablative mukulaltanne mukuloiltanne
allative mukulallenne mukuloillenne
essive mukulananne mukuloinanne
translative mukulaksenne mukuloiksenne
abessive mukulattanne mukuloittanne
instructive
comitative mukuloinenne

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Derived terms

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compounds

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