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mukula

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

  • Shi Yi (20 January 2017), “Chinese Demand for Bloodwood Cuts Into Congo’s Ecosystem”, in Earth Journalism Network, archived from the original on 21 August 2019
  • Xue Weng, Paolo Cerutti, Penias Banda and Davison Gumbo (19 April 2017), “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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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)

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