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4-letter words (3 found)

ARUM,MURA,UMRA,

3-letter words (5 found)

AMU,ARM,MAR,RAM,RUM,

2-letter words (6 found)

AM,AR,MA,MU,UM,UR,

You can make 14 words from mura according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of mura

mura umra mrua rmua urma ruma muar umar maur amur uamr aumr mrau rmau maru amru ramu armu uram ruam uarm aurm raum arum

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Definitions and meaning of mura

mura

Etymology

From Japanese 斑 (mura, literally “blemish, fluctuation”).

Pronunciation

  • (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?) IPA(key): /ˈmu.ɹə/
  • Rhymes: -ʊəɹə

Noun

mura (uncountable)

  1. Nonuniformity in the luminance of a display device.
    US Patent 5,917,935, Mura detection apparatus and method, 1996 [1]:
    Major classes of LCFPD defects encountered at the final inspection are often pixel defects or wide-area pixel defects (also known as Mura defects).
    NASA Scientific and Technical Information, 2008 [2]:
    Software Simulates Sight: Flat Panel Mura Detection
  2. (business) A form of waste, or deviation from optimal allocation of resources, that occurs when inventory is required but not immediately available.
    Coordinate terms: muda, muri

Translations

Anagrams

  • 'umra, Amur, Maru, Umar, amur, arum, maru

Catalan

Verb

mura

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

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mu‧ra

Preposition

mura

  1. like

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mura, probably from the same Proto-Uralic *mura- (“to break”) as murtaa, or alternatively from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare Icelandic mor).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmurɑ/, [ˈmurɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -urɑ
  • Syllabification(key): mu‧ra

Noun

mura

  1. gravel, sediment

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “mura”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

  • Amur, ruma

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /my.ʁa/

Verb

mura

  1. third-person singular past historic of murer

Galician

Verb

mura

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

Hadza

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muɺa/

Verb

mura

  1. to be burned
    Synonym: tlhoshô

Icelandic

Etymology

Cognate with Faroese mura, Norwegian Nynorsk mure, Norwegian Bokmål mure.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʏːra/
  • Rhymes: -ʏːra

Noun

mura f (genitive singular muru, nominative plural murur)

  1. cinquefoil, potentilla (plant of the genus Potentilla)

Declension

Derived terms

  • blóðmura (“tormentil (Potentilla erecta)”)
  • gullmura (“alpine cinquefoil (Potentilla crantzii)”)
  • runnamura (“shrubby cinquefoil (Dasiphora fruticosa)”)
  • skeljamura (“Eged's silverweed (Argentina egedii)”)
  • tágamura (“silverweed Argentina anserina (syn. Potentilla anserina)”)

Irish

Alternative forms

  • mara (Cois Fharraige)
  • muna

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmˠʊɾˠə/
  • (Ulster, unstressed) IPA(key): /ˈmˠəɾˠ/

Conjunction

mura (triggers eclipsis; takes the dependent form of irregular verbs)

  1. if... not, unless
    mura mbainfidh taisme dó ― unless he meets with an accident

Usage notes

  • Not used before the past tense except with some irregular verbs.

Derived terms

  • murar (used before the past tense of regular and some irregular verbs)

Particle

mura (copular form used before consonants, form used before vowels murab)

  1. if... is not, unless... is (present copular form before a consonant)
    mura bréag é ― if it is not a lie

Related terms

References

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mura”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “mura” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “mura” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmu.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Hyphenation: mù‧ra

Noun

mura f pl

  1. plural of muro (“wall”)
  2. (plural only) city walls, battlements

Verb

mura

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

Japanese

Romanization

mura

  1. Rōmaji transcription of むら

Machame

Noun

mura

  1. water

References

  • Philippson, Gérard, Gens des bananeraies. Contribution linguistique à l'histoire culturelle des Chaga du Kilimandjaro (1984, 'cahier' 16, Paris, Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

mura f

  1. definite singular of mure

Verb

mura

  1. past tense of mure
  2. supine of mure

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse múra.

Verb

mura (present tense murar, past tense mura, past participle mura, passive infinitive murast, present participle murande, imperative mura/mur)

  1. alternative form of mure

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mura.

Noun

mura f (definite singular mura, indefinite plural murer or muror, definite plural murene or murone)

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

References

  • “mura” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Alternative forms

  • mur

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmuro]

Noun

mura f (plural muras)

  1. (Guardiol) wall

Old Norse

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mura f (genitive muru)

  1. silvergrass, goosegrass

Descendants

References

  • “mura”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mu‧ra

Verb

mura

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

Romanian

Etymology

From moare (“sauerkraut brine”), probably from Latin muries, muria.

Verb

a mura (third-person singular present mură, past participle murat) 1st conj.

  1. to pickle

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • murat
  • murătură

Rwa

Noun

mura

  1. water

References

  • Philippson, Gérard, Gens des bananeraies. Contribution linguistique à l'histoire culturelle des Chaga du Kilimandjaro (1984, 'cahier' 16, Paris, Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations)

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • mur

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muɾə/

Conjunction

mura

  1. not, unless

Usage notes

  • This is the negative form of the conjunctions ma (“if”).
  • Also used as the negative form of conjunctions nan/nam ("if" in conditional clauses).

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmuɾa/ [ˈmu.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -uɾa
  • Syllabification: mu‧ra

Verb

mura

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

Swedish

Etymology

mur (“(free-standing) wall, brick”) +‎ -a

Verb

mura (present murar, preterite murade, supine murat, imperative mura)

  1. (usually with a particle) to brick, to wall (build with bricks)

Conjugation

Related terms

  • mura för
  • mura igen
  • mura in

See also

  • tegelsten (“brick”)
  • murbruk (“mortar”)

References

  • mura in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • mura in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • mura in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • mora — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Dempwolff 1934-1938 posited this (along with the Malay etymon and cognates in Javanese, Malagasy, Ngaju Dayak and Toba Dayak) to be inherited from Proto-Austronesian *mudaq (“cheap; easy”), but this would result in the Tagalog being *murà (/ˈmuɾaʔ/). Blust 2010- posits this (and cognates) are a possibly a borrowing from Malay murah.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmuɾa/, [ˈmu.ɾɐ]
  • Hyphenation: mu‧ra

Adjective

mura (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇ)

  1. cheap
    Antonym: mahal
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of alimura or possibly similar to etymology 1, with the sense of degrading someone's worth. Compare mahal (“precious; high value; love”), Bikol Central muda (“swear word”), Hiligaynon mulay (“to criticize maliciously; to disparage”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmuɾa/, [ˈmu.ɾɐ]

  • IPA(key): /muˈɾa/, [mʊˈɾa]
  • Hyphenation: mu‧ra

Noun

mura or murá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇ)

  1. swear word; slander; vulgarity
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Cognate of Malay muda. Either from:

  • From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *muda (“young (of fruits); immature; light (of colors)”)
  • From Pali muddha (“foolish, bewildered”), from Sanskrit मुग्ध (mugdha, “foolish, bewildered, young”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmuɾaʔ/, [ˈmu.ɾɐʔ]
  • Hyphenation: mu‧ra

Noun

murà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇ)

  1. (dialectal, Southern Tagalog) (young fruit of) coconut
    Synonym: buko
  2. young (particularly of fruit, or human age)
    Synonym: bata

Adjective

murà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇ)

  1. young
    Synonym: bata
  2. unripe (of fruits)
    Synonyms: hilaw, bubot
  3. light (of colors)
    Synonym: mapusyaw
    Antonym: magulang
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “mura”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Wiradjuri

Alternative forms

  • marra, murra

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *mara, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *mara (compare Gamilaraay mara).

Noun

mura

  1. hand

Source: wiktionary.org