moola

English

Etymology 1

Unknown, attested since the 1920s. Suggested origins, none of which are accepted by mainstream lexicographers, include:

• from Romani mol (“have value, be worth”)
• from Irish moll óir (“heap of gold”) However, this is unlikely because of the difference in pronunciation.
• from French moulin (“mill”)
• from Chinook Jargon moola (“mill”)
• from Sanskrit मूल (mūla, “capital, principal”)
• coined by Chuck Green, a friend of Damon Runyon

Alternative forms

• moolah

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuːˌlɑː/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.lə/
• (MLE) IPA^(key): /ˈmyː.lɑ/, /ˈmuː.lɑ/, /ˈmʊ.lɑ/
• Rhymes: -uːlə

Noun

moola (uncountable)

1. (informal) Money, cash.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:money

Translations

informal: money

• Afrikaans: pitte pl, malie, blink
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金錢／金钱 (zh) (jīnqián), 鈔票／钞票 (zh) (chāopiào)

• Dutch: poen (nl) m or n
• Finnish: tuohi (fi), fyrkka (fi), hynä (fi), massi (fi)
• French: blé (fr), oseille (fr), pognon (fr), thune (fr), moula (fr) f
• Georgian: მაყუთი (maq̇uti)
• German: Penunze (de) f
• Italian: grana (it) f
• Polish: mamona (pl) f
• Portuguese: grana (pt)
• Russian: капуста (ru) f (kapusta)
• Spanish: lana (es) f, plata (es) f, pasta (es)
• Swedish: deg (sv) c, stålar (sv) c pl, kosing (sv) c, para (sv) c, klöver (sv) c

Etymology 2

Noun

moola (plural moolas)

1. Obsolete form of mullah.

Sidamo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːla/
• Hyphenation: moo‧la

Adjective

moola (plural moolano)

1. dry

Declension

Declension of moola

	masculine	feminine
predicative	moola	moola
nominative	moolu	moola
genitive	moolu*)	moola*) moolate
accusative	moola*)	moola*)
*) Stressed on the final vowel. **) When part of a predicative phrase, the predicative case adjectives are followed by the clitics -ho (m) and -te (f)

Verb

moola

1. (intransitive) to be dry
2. (intransitive) to dry up

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 144