sula

• IPA^(key): /sulə/
• Hyphenation: su‧la

Unknown, probably from Sanskrit शूल (śūla, “sharp instrument, pain”).

sula (Balinese script ᬲᬸᬮ)

1. sick

From Sanskrit शूल (śūla, “sharp instrument, pain”).

sula (Balinese script ᬰᬹᬮ)

1. weapon

• IPA^(key): /suˈla/ [suˈl̪a]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: su‧la

sulá (Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜎ)

1. a glare; a dazzle; a strong blinding light

   Synonyms: silaw, suriaw

• suwa

• Hyphenation: su‧la
• IPA^(key): /suˈlaʔ/ [s̪ʊˈl̪aʔ]

sulâ (Badlit spelling ᜐᜓᜎ)

1. viand

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sulah.

• Hyphenation: su‧la
• IPA^(key): /suˈla/ [s̪ʊˈl̪a]

sulá (Badlit spelling ᜐᜓᜎ)

1. blade of a leaf

sula

1. cigarette

From Proto-Finnic *sula, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sula, cognate with Estonian sula. More distant cognates include Moksha соламс (solams), Komi-Permyak сывны (syvny), Udmurt сыл-сыл (syl-syl), Hungarian olvad and Southern Khanty тӑтә (tătə).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsulɑ/, [ˈs̠ulɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ulɑ
• Syllabification^(key): su‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): su‧la

sula (comparative sulempi, superlative sulin)

1. molten, melted
2. (of bodies of water) not covered in ice, not frozen, thawed
3. (intensifier) sheer, pure, outright, utter

   sula mahdottomuus ― an utter impossibility

   se oli sulaa hulluutta ― it was pure madness

sula

1. melt, molten material (any molten substance)

   kivisula ― molten rock

   voisula ― molten butter

2. (metallurgy) smelt (any of the various liquids or semi-molten solids produced and used during the course of production of metal in a smelting process that involves melting and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal)

• “sula”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

• IPA^(key): /ˈsulɑˣ/, [ˈs̠ulɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ulɑ
• Syllabification^(key): su‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): su‧la

sula

1. inflection of sulaa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• alus, lasu, lusa

From Proto-Finnic *sula. Cognates include Finnish sula and Estonian sula.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsulɑ/, [ˈs̠uɫɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsulɑ/, [ˈʃuɫɑ]
• Rhymes: -ulɑ
• Hyphenation: su‧la

sula (comparative sulemp)

1. molten

Declension of sula (type 3/koira, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	sula	sulat
genitive	sulan	sulliin
partitive	sullaa	sullia
illative	sullaa	sullii
inessive	sulas	sulis
elative	sulast	sulist
allative	sulalle	sulille
adessive	sulal	sulil
ablative	sulalt	sulilt
translative	sulaks	suliks
essive	sulanna, sullaan	sulinna, sulliin
exessive1)	sulant	sulint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsulɑ/, [ˈs̠uɫɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsulɑ/, [ˈʃuɫɑ]
• Rhymes: -ulɑ
• Hyphenation: su‧la

sula

1. inflection of sullaa:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second-person singular imperative connegative

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 549

• sara (Munster)
• sol má, sul

From Old Irish sul (“before”) and the relative particle a. sul is a fused form of the conjunction Old Irish resíu (“before”) and Old Irish ro- (verbal prefix).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈsˠʊlˠə/

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

1. before

   Téigh sula ndéanfaidh mé é.

   Go before I do it.

   Sula ndearna mé é, tháinig mé amach.

   Before I did it, I went outside.

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

• sular (used with the past tense of regular and some irregular verbs)

From New Latin, from Old Norse súla.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.la/
• Rhymes: -ula
• Hyphenation: sù‧la

sula f (plural sule)

1. gannet or booby

• sula australiana
• sula bassana

From Proto-Indo-European *sewh₁-leh₂, from *sewh₁- (“to press”). Direct cognates include Lithuanian sulà (“juice, sap”), Old Prussian sulo (“curdled milk”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *súraH (“intoxicating liquor”).^[1]

sula f (4th declension)

1. juice (liquids found in fruits which people can drink)

   ābolu sula ― apple juice

   ogu sula ― berry juice

   dārzeņu sulas ― vegetable juices

   salda sula ― sweet juice

   sulas ekstrakts ― juice extract

2. (anatomy) (liquids excreted by certain body organs)

   zarnu sula ― intestinal juice

From Proto-Indo-European *sewh₁-leh₂, from *sewh₁- (“to press”). Direct cognates include Latvian sula (“juice, sap”), Old Prussian sulo (“curdled milk”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *súraH (“intoxicating liquor”).^[1]

sulà f (plural sulõs) stress pattern 4

1. sap (from birch or maple)
2. juice

From Proto-Finnic *sula.

sula

1. dear

sula

1. deer

sula

1. accusative/genitive singular of sulla

sula f

1. definite singular of sule

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.lɑ/

sūla

1. genitive plural of sulh

sula

1. cataract, rapids
   • 1999, Hillary de Bruin, “Liederen uit de praktijk van de duman [Songs from the Winti priest's practice]”, in OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis‎^[2], Instituut ter Bevordering van de Surinamistiek, →ISSN, page 152:

     Blesi sa kon bogobogo, Masra pramis' m'anga yu, Lek'wan alen a sa wiki, Kraf' den di bribi fu tru, Sula fu seigi, wan dei sa was' kon na gron, now wan tu dropu de spiti, ma sibibusi sa kon

     Blessing will come abundantly / the Lord promised to me and you / like rainfall it will awaken / strengthen those who truly believe / With cataracts of blessing / one day the ground will be awash / now a few droplets are spitting / but the cloudburst will come

• → Dutch: soela

-súla

1. to clean, to wipe

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Old French sole, from Latin solea.

• Rhymes: -²ʉːla

sula c

1. a sole of a foot

   Synonym: (more common) fotsula

2. a sole of a shoe

   Synonyms: skosula, (insole) innersula, (insole acting as a shoe insert) inläggssula

3. a booby (bird of the Sula genus and/or Sulidae family)

sula (present sular, preterite sulade, supine sulat, imperative sula)

1. to fit a sole to a shoe
2. (slang) throw a small object with great force

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

• usla

Ultimately from Sanskrit चूड (cūḍa, “crest; diadem”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsulaʔ/ [ˈsuː.lɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ulaʔ
• Syllabification: su‧la

sulà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎ)

1. carbuncle; shiny, bright deep red gem (especially a garnet with a smooth, convex surface)

   Synonym: karbungko

2. (pathology) carbuncle (inflamed swelling like a boil)
3. glow at the tip of the tongue of some nocturnal reptiles

Ultimately from Sanskrit शूल (śūla, “lance; pike”). Compare Malay sula (“pointed stick”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /suˈlaʔ/ [sʊˈlaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: su‧la

sulâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎ)

1. impaled

   Synonyms: natuhog, nasula

• nasula

• “sula”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 298

• usal, asul

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

sula

1. dear

Inflection of sula (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing.	sula
genitive sing.	sulan
partitive sing.	sulad
partitive plur.	sulid
	singular	plural
nominative	sula	sulad
accusative	sulan	sulad
genitive	sulan	suliden
partitive	sulad	sulid
essive-instructive	sulan	sulin
translative	sulaks	sulikš
inessive	sulas	suliš
elative	sulaspäi	sulišpäi
illative	sulaha sulha	sulihe
adessive	sulal	sulil
ablative	sulalpäi	sulilpäi
allative	sulale	sulile
abessive	sulata	sulita
comitative	sulanke	sulidenke
prolative	suladme	sulidme
approximative I	sulanno	sulidenno
approximative II	sulannoks	sulidennoks
egressive	sulannopäi	sulidennopäi
terminative I	sulahasai sulhasai	sulihesai
terminative II	sulalesai	sulilesai
terminative III	sulassai	—
additive I	sulahapäi sulhapäi	sulihepäi
additive II	sulalepäi	sulilepäi

• sulaku

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “дорогой, желанный, милый, родимый, талый”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

From Proto-Finnic *sula.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈsulɑ/, [ˈsuɫɑ]
• Rhymes: -ulɑ
• Hyphenation: su‧la

sula

1. thawed
2. molten
3. (of a winter or cold weather) warm, mild

Declension of sula (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	sula	sulad
genitive	sula	sulijõ, sulii
partitive	sulla	suliitõ, sulii
illative	sullasõ, sulla	suliisõ
inessive	sulaz	suliiz
elative	sulassõ	suliissõ
allative	sulalõ	suliilõ
adessive	sulallõ	suliillõ
ablative	sulaltõ	suliiltõ
translative	sulassi	suliissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

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

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

-súla

1. (transitive) to wipe

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• -esula

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

-súla

1. (transitive) to dust, to polish, to erase
2. (transitive) to delete, to erase

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “sula”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “sula (3.9)”