# mulga
## English
### Etymology

From Gamilaraay malga.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /ˈmʌlɡə/
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈmɐlɡə/, [ˈmɔʊlɡɐ]
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌlɡə
* Hyphenation: mul‧ga

### Noun

mulga (plural mulgas)
* (Australia) Any of a number of small acacia trees, especially Acacia aneura, forming dense scrub in dry inland areas of Australia.
** 1981, Joseph Michael Forshaw, William T. Cooper, Australian Parrots, page 246:Ford (1969) points out that it is distributed from southern Northern Territory and northern South Australia west through mulga country of the Gibson and Great Victoria Deserts to the coast of Western Australia.
** 1983, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, The Queensland Journal of Agriculture and Animal Science, Volumes 40-42, page 68,
    This paper describes a preliminary field experiment designed to examine the effect of supplementing sheep fed mulga with several proprietary licks and a more comprehensive field experiment to evaluate the effect of the most promising lick fed with cottonseed meal.
** 1996, Lynn Baker, Mingkiri: A Natural history of Ulu−ru by the Mu−titjulu Community, page 26:There are several different types of mulga, and Anangu know the different food which comes from them. For example, insects make a thing like a small apple on the pakuta (horse mulga). This one is good to eat but there is another one on a different sort of mulga which is not edible.
** 2002, Brad Collis, Fields of Discovery: Australia′s CSIRO, Australia: CSIRO, page 15:The return of mulgas, native grasses and other shrubs was finally giving wildlife researchers some hope that numerous animals on the endangered species list might yet be saved if their ecosystems could be restored.
* (Australia, preceded by definite article) Any region where mulga is the predominant vegetation.
* (Australia, colloquial, in combination) The outback.
** 1901, Jack Mathieu, “That Day at Boiling Downs”, in Australian Ballads & Short Stories, Penguin, published 2003, page 263:I'd forgotten for a moment you are not all mulga-bred […]
* Something made from the wood of a mulga tree.
* Short for mulga wire (“a message or story transmitted through an informal gossip network, especially one containing false information”).

#### Derived terms

* mulga apple
* mulga black
* mulga madness
* mulga snake
* mulga wire
* red mulga

#### See also

* spinifex

### Anagrams

* algum, almug, glaum

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English mulga, from Gamilaraay malga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmulɡɑ/, [ˈmulɡɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ulɡɑ
* Hyphenation: mul‧ga

### Noun

mulga
* (horticulture) Synonym of keihäsakaasia (“mulga”).

#### Declension

Possessive forms of mulga (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mulgani
mulgani
accusative
nom.
mulgani
mulgani
gen.
mulgani
genitive
mulgani
mulgieni mulgaini $^{rare}$
partitive
mulgaani
mulgiani
inessive
mulgassani
mulgissani
elative
mulgastani
mulgistani
illative
mulgaani
mulgiini
adessive
mulgallani
mulgillani
ablative
mulgaltani
mulgiltani
allative
mulgalleni
mulgilleni
essive
mulganani
mulginani
translative
mulgakseni
mulgikseni
abessive
mulgattani
mulgittani
instructive
comitative
—mulgineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mulgasi
mulgasi
accusative
nom.
mulgasi
mulgasi
gen.
mulgasi
genitive
mulgasi
mulgiesi mulgaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
mulgaasi
mulgiasi
inessive
mulgassasi
mulgissasi
elative
mulgastasi
mulgistasi
illative
mulgaasi
mulgiisi
adessive
mulgallasi
mulgillasi
ablative
mulgaltasi
mulgiltasi
allative
mulgallesi
mulgillesi
essive
mulganasi
mulginasi
translative
mulgaksesi
mulgiksesi
abessive
mulgattasi
mulgittasi
instructive
comitative
—mulginesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mulgamme
mulgamme
accusative
nom.
mulgamme
mulgamme
gen.
mulgamme
genitive
mulgamme
mulgiemme mulgaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
mulgaamme
mulgiamme
inessive
mulgassamme
mulgissamme
elative
mulgastamme
mulgistamme
illative
mulgaamme
mulgiimme
adessive
mulgallamme
mulgillamme
ablative
mulgaltamme
mulgiltamme
allative
mulgallemme
mulgillemme
essive
mulganamme
mulginamme
translative
mulgaksemme
mulgiksemme
abessive
mulgattamme
mulgittamme
instructive
comitative
—mulginemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mulganne
mulganne
accusative
nom.
mulganne
mulganne
gen.
mulganne
genitive
mulganne
mulgienne mulgainne $^{rare}$
partitive
mulgaanne
mulgianne
inessive
mulgassanne
mulgissanne
elative
mulgastanne
mulgistanne
illative
mulgaanne
mulgiinne
adessive
mulgallanne
mulgillanne
ablative
mulgaltanne
mulgiltanne
allative
mulgallenne
mulgillenne
essive
mulgananne
mulginanne
translative
mulgaksenne
mulgiksenne
abessive
mulgattanne
mulgittanne
instructive
comitative
—mulginenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mulgansa
mulgansa
accusative
nom.
mulgansa
mulgansa
gen.
mulgansa
genitive
mulgansa
mulgiensa mulgainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
mulgaansa
mulgiaan mulgiansa
inessive
mulgassaan mulgassansa
mulgissaan mulgissansa
elative
mulgastaan mulgastansa
mulgistaan mulgistansa
illative
mulgaansa
mulgiinsa
adessive
mulgallaan mulgallansa
mulgillaan mulgillansa
ablative
mulgaltaan mulgaltansa
mulgiltaan mulgiltansa
allative
mulgalleen mulgallensa
mulgilleen mulgillensa
essive
mulganaan mulganansa
mulginaan mulginansa
translative
mulgakseen mulgaksensa
mulgikseen mulgiksensa
abessive
mulgattaan mulgattansa
mulgittaan mulgittansa
instructive
comitative
—mulgineen mulginensa :

## Woiwurrung
### Noun

mulga
* shield

### References

* ↑ https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/199355