mukula
English
Alternative forms
- Mukula, mukwa, Mukwa
Etymology
Borrowed from various Bantu languages, where the mu- or m- represents the noun class prefix.
Noun
mukula (uncountable)
- (Zambia, Malawi) Transvaal teak, the timber tree Pterocarpus angolensis, or its substitute of comparable properties Pterocarpus tinctorius syn. Pterocarpus chrysothrix
Further reading
- Shi Yi (2017-01-20), “Chinese Demand for Bloodwood Cuts Into Congo’s Ecosystem”, in Earth Journalism Network, archived from the original on 2019-08-21
- Xue Weng, Paolo Cerutti, Penias Banda and Davison Gumbo (2017-04-19), “Saving trees or improving lives? Tackling illegal logging in Zambia's forests”, in International Institute for Environment and Development
- 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, International Institute for Environment and Development
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Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmukulɑ/, [ˈmukulɑ]
- Rhymes: -ukulɑ
- Syllabification(key): mu‧ku‧la
Noun
mukula
- (botany) tuber (fleshy underground stem)
- (modifier) tuberous, and other translations (of, relating to, resembling, or producing tubers)
- mukulajuures ― tuberous root vegetable
- mukulakivi ― cobblestone
- (horticulture) tuber (thickened rootstock)
- lump (mound or mass of no particular shape)
- (colloquial) kid (little child)
Declension
Inflection of mukula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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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 mukulainrare | ||
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 | ||
instructive | — | mukuloin | ||
abessive | mukulatta | mukuloitta | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Hypernyms
- (botany): varastoelin
Derived terms
- -mukulainen
- mukuloida
Compounds
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