# muta
## English
### Noun

muta (uncountable)
* (US, slang) Alternative form of mootah (“marijuana”)

### See also

* persona muta

### Anagrams

* Atum, Tuam, Tuma

## Bongo
### Numeral

muta
* three

## Catalan
### Verb

muta
* inflection of mutar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Cebuano
### Noun

muta
* rheum in the eyes; sleep

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Italian muto, German Muta, English mute, all from Latin mūtus (“mute, silent”). Compare French muet, Portuguese and Spanish mudo, Catalan and Romanian mut.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [ˈmuta]
* Rhymes: -uta
* Hyphenation: mu‧ta

### Adjective

muta (accusative singular mutan, plural mutaj, accusative plural mutajn)
* mute, speechless

#### Derived terms

* muteco
* muti

#### Related terms

* silenta

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muta, from Proto-Uralic *muďa. Cognate with Estonian muda, Veps muda, Karelian muta, Erzya мода (moda).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmutɑ/, [ˈmut̪ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -utɑ
* Hyphenation: mu‧ta

### Noun

muta
* mire, mud; decaying organic matter in the bottom of a lake, etc.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of muta (Kotus type 10*F/koira, t-d gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mutani
mutani
accusative
nom.
mutani
mutani
gen.
mutani
genitive
mutani
mutieni mutaini $^{rare}$
partitive
mutaani
mutiani
inessive
mudassani
mudissani
elative
mudastani
mudistani
illative
mutaani
mutiini
adessive
mudallani
mudillani
ablative
mudaltani
mudiltani
allative
mudalleni
mudilleni
essive
mutanani
mutinani
translative
mudakseni
mudikseni
abessive
mudattani
mudittani
instructive
comitative
—mutineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mutasi
mutasi
accusative
nom.
mutasi
mutasi
gen.
mutasi
genitive
mutasi
mutiesi mutaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
mutaasi
mutiasi
inessive
mudassasi
mudissasi
elative
mudastasi
mudistasi
illative
mutaasi
mutiisi
adessive
mudallasi
mudillasi
ablative
mudaltasi
mudiltasi
allative
mudallesi
mudillesi
essive
mutanasi
mutinasi
translative
mudaksesi
mudiksesi
abessive
mudattasi
mudittasi
instructive
comitative
—mutinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mutamme
mutamme
accusative
nom.
mutamme
mutamme
gen.
mutamme
genitive
mutamme
mutiemme mutaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
mutaamme
mutiamme
inessive
mudassamme
mudissamme
elative
mudastamme
mudistamme
illative
mutaamme
mutiimme
adessive
mudallamme
mudillamme
ablative
mudaltamme
mudiltamme
allative
mudallemme
mudillemme
essive
mutanamme
mutinamme
translative
mudaksemme
mudiksemme
abessive
mudattamme
mudittamme
instructive
comitative
—mutinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mutanne
mutanne
accusative
nom.
mutanne
mutanne
gen.
mutanne
genitive
mutanne
mutienne mutainne $^{rare}$
partitive
mutaanne
mutianne
inessive
mudassanne
mudissanne
elative
mudastanne
mudistanne
illative
mutaanne
mutiinne
adessive
mudallanne
mudillanne
ablative
mudaltanne
mudiltanne
allative
mudallenne
mudillenne
essive
mutananne
mutinanne
translative
mudaksenne
mudiksenne
abessive
mudattanne
mudittanne
instructive
comitative
—mutinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mutansa
mutansa
accusative
nom.
mutansa
mutansa
gen.
mutansa
genitive
mutansa
mutiensa mutainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
mutaansa
mutiaan mutiansa
inessive
mudassaan mudassansa
mudissaan mudissansa
elative
mudastaan mudastansa
mudistaan mudistansa
illative
mutaansa
mutiinsa
adessive
mudallaan mudallansa
mudillaan mudillansa
ablative
mudaltaan mudaltansa
mudiltaan mudiltansa
allative
mudalleen mudallensa
mudilleen mudillensa
essive
mutanaan mutanansa
mutinaan mutinansa
translative
mudakseen mudaksensa
mudikseen mudiksensa
abessive
mudattaan mudattansa
mudittaan mudittansa
instructive
comitative
—mutineen mutinensa :

#### Derived terms

* mutainen
* Mutanen
* mutiainen
* aasianmutakala
* mutaharakka
* mutakakku
* mutakala
* mutakerros
* mutakerrostuma
* mutakivi
* mutakuono
* mutakuoppa
* mutakylpy
* mutapaini
* mutapainija
* mutasara
* mutasarja
* mutasilmä
* mutavaris
* mutavyöry
* pohjamuta

#### See also

* multa
* musta

### Further reading

* “muta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

* matu, maut, tuma

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

muta
* third-person singular past historic of muter

### Anagrams

* muât

## Galician
### Verb

muta
* inflection of mutar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muta. Cognates include Finnish muta and Estonian muda.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈmutɑ/, [ˈmutɑ]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈmutɑ/, [ˈmud̥ɑ]
* Rhymes: -utɑ
* Hyphenation: mu‧ta

### Noun

muta
* mud, mire (decaying matter at the bottom of a river or lake)

#### Derived terms

* muakas

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 315

## Irish
### Noun

muta m (genitive singular muta, nominative plural mutaí)
* Alternative form of buta (“butt; thick end, stock; butte; stocky person”)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
muta
mutaí
vocative
a mhuta
a mhutaí
genitive
muta
mutaí
dative
muta
mutaí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an muta
na mutaí
genitive
an mhuta
na mutaí
dative
leis an muta don mhuta
leis na mutaí :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “muta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmu.ta/
* Rhymes: -uta
* Hyphenation: mù‧ta

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from mutare (“to change”) +‎ -a.

#### Noun

muta f (plural mute)
* (uncommon) change (act of changing; act of replacing)
    Synonym: cambio
* (zoology) moult, moulting, molt, shedding, ecdysis
* (military) surveillance shift
* (by extension) replacement
    Synonym: cambio
* (clothing) wetsuit
* (poetry, archaic) each of the two tercets in a Petrarchan sonnet
    Hypernym: terzina

##### Related terms

* mutante
* mutare
* mutazione
* mutevole

#### Further reading

* Muta (biologia) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{it}$
* Muta subacquea on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{it}$
* muta$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French meute, from Middle French meute, from Old French meute, muete, from Vulgar Latin *movita, feminine of *movitus, from the perfect passive participle form of moveō (“to move”).

#### Noun

muta f (plural mute)
* (hunting) pack (of hounds)
* (by extension) a group of horses attached to a coach

#### See also

* cane
* cavallo

#### Further reading

* muta$^2$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 3

Of Germanic origin.

#### Noun

muta f (plural mute)
* (historical) tax, duty
    Synonym: dazio
* (historical, by extension) customs
    Synonym: dogana

#### Further reading

* muta$^3$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 4

Unknown.

#### Noun

muta f (plural mute)
* (numismatics) the Piedmontese lira in the final years of the 18th century
    Hypernym: lira

#### Further reading

* muta$^4$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

muta f sg
* feminine singular of muto

### Etymology 6

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

muta
* inflection of mutare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Ladin
### Etymology

See mut.

### Noun

muta f (plural mutans)
* (Gherdëina) girl

#### Alternative forms

* möta (Badiot)
* beza, tousa (Fascian)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “age”): ëila
* (antonym(s) of “gender”): mut

## Latin
### Verb

mūtā
* second-person singular present active imperative of mūtō

### References

* "muta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

muta f (definite singular muta, indefinite plural muter or mutor, definite plural mutene or mutone)
* definite singular of mute
* (pre-2012) alternative form of mute

### Verb

muta (present tense mutar, past tense muta, past participle muta, passive infinitive mutast, present participle mutande, imperative muta/mut)
* alternative form of mute

## Pipil
### Etymology

Compare Classical Nahuatl motla (“to throw a rock/rocks at s.th./s.o.”).

### Pronunciation

* (standard) IPA: /ˈmuta/

### Verb

-muta
* (transitive) to throw
    kimutak ne iashishHe/she threw his/her urine

#### Derived terms

* -kutamuta (“to throw (one's body)”)
* -mutilia (“to throw at someone”)
* -tajtamuta (“to throw various things”)
* -tamuta (“to throw, to shoot”)

## Portuguese
### Verb

muta
* inflection of mutar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin mūtāre.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

a muta (third-person singular present mută, past participle mutat) 1st conjugation
* to move, shift
* (reflexive) to move to, relocate

#### Derived terms

* mutare
* mutător

#### Related terms

* strămuta

#### See also

* mișca

## Sicilian
### Adjective

muta f sg
* feminine singular of mutu

## Spanish
### Verb

muta
* inflection of mutar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish múta, from Old Norse múta. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk mute f

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -²ʉːta

### Noun

muta c
* a bribe

#### Declension
### Verb

muta (present mutar, preterite mutade, supine mutat, imperative muta)
* to bribe

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Derived terms

* mutkolv

#### See also

* bestickning
* korruption

### References

* muta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* muta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* muta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* mota — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *mutaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mutəq (“gummy secretion of the eyes”). Compare Ilocano muta, Bikol Central muta, Agutaynen metek, Cebuano muta, Hiligaynon muta, Northern Kankanay bota, Tboli mutok, Malagasy moty, and Nias mutõ.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈmutaʔ/ [ˈmuː.t̪ɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -utaʔ
* Syllabification: mu‧ta

#### Noun

mutà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆ)
* gound; mote; rheum or gummy secretion in the eyes

##### Derived terms

* himuta
* himutaan
* manghimuta
* mutain

##### See also

* mata
* puwing

### Etymology 2

From elision of /h/ from mutha.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /muˈta/ [mʊˈt̪a]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: mu‧ta

#### Noun

mutá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆ)
* Alternative spelling of mutha (“a kind of grass”)

### References

* “muta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* tuma, umat

## Tetum
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *utaq, compare Malay muntah.

### Verb

muta
* to vomit

## Votic
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muta.

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈmutɑ/, [ˈmutɑ]
* Rhymes: -utɑ
* Hyphenation: mu‧ta

### Noun

muta
* mud

#### Inflection
### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “muta”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn