mukula

== English == === Alternative forms === Mukula, mukwa, Mukwa === Etymology === Borrowed from various Bantu languages, where the mu- or m- represents the noun class prefix. === Noun === mukula (uncountable) (Zambia, Malawi) Transvaal teak, the timber tree Pterocarpus angolensis, or its substitute of comparable properties Pterocarpus tinctorius syn. Pterocarpus chrysothrix === Further reading === Shi Yi (20 January 2017), “Chinese Demand for Bloodwood Cuts Into Congo’s Ecosystem”, in Earth Journalism Network‎[1], archived from the original on 21 August 2019 Xue Weng, Paolo Cerutti, Penias Banda and Davison Gumbo (19 April 2017), “Saving trees or improving lives? Tackling illegal logging in Zambia's forests”, in International Institute for Environment and Development‎[2] Paolo Omar Cerutti, Davison Gumbo, Kaala Moombe, George Schoneveld, Robert Nasi, Nils Bourland and Xiaoxue Weng (2018), Informality, global capital, rural development and the environment: Mukula (rosewood) trade between China and Zambia‎[3], International Institute for Environment and Development === Anagrams === Maluku == Finnish == === Etymology === mukku +‎ -la, from a back-vowel variant of mykky (possibly by influence from muhku-) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmukulɑ/, [ˈmukulɑ̝] Rhymes: -ukulɑ Syllabification(key): mu‧ku‧la Hyphenation(key): mu‧ku‧la === Noun === mukula (botany) tuber (fleshy underground stem) (modifier) tuberous, and other translations (of, relating to, resembling, or producing tubers) mukulajuures ― tuberous root vegetable mukulakivi ― cobblestone (horticulture) tuber (thickened rootstock) lump (mound or mass of no particular shape) (colloquial) kid (little child) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (lump): murikka, möykky, paakku ==== Hypernyms ==== (botany): varastoelin ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “mukula”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 === Anagrams === kuluma