mulut

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *mulut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.lut/

Noun

mulut

1. (anatomy) mouth

Derived terms

• di mulut-mulut

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *mulut.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mulut/

Noun

mulut

1. lips

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay mulut, from Proto-Malayic *mulut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.lut/, [ˈmu.lʊt̪̚]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ulut
• Hyphenation: mu‧lut

Noun

mulut

1. mouth:
   1. The opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
   2. The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water.
   3. An outlet, aperture or orifice.
   4. (figurative) speech; talk

Derived terms

• bermulut
• bermulut-mulut
• mulut-mulutan

 

See also

• mulutmu harimaumu

Malay

Alternative forms

• مولة (obsolete Jawi)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *mulut.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /mulot/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /mulʊt/
• Rhymes: -ulot, -lot, -ot

• Audio (Malaysia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ut

Noun

mulut (Jawi spelling مولوت, plural mulut-mulut, informal 1st possessive mulutku, 2nd possessive mulutmu, 3rd possessive mulutnya)

1. mouth (the opening of an animal through which food is ingested)

Derived terms

• Indonesian: mulut
• North Moluccan Malay: mulu
• Papuan Malay: mulut

Further reading

• “mulut” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Obsolete Jawi spellings

Papuan Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Malay mulut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mulut/, [ˈmu.lʊt̚], [ˈmʊ.lʊt̚]

Noun

mulut

1. mouth
   • 2023, Wyclyff translators, Melayu Papua, James 3:10:

     Mulut satu ini yang tong pake kas kluar berkat deng kutuk sama-sama.

     This one mouth that we use, blessings and curses come out together.

   • 2008 October 6, Papuan Malay corpus, recording 35, line 50:

     tida bisa air sedikit pung sentu sa pu mulut

     not even the least bit of water could touch my mouth

2. language, speech
   • 2008 September 23, Papuan Malay corpus, recording 8, line 19:

     adu bapa mulut jahat skali

     Oh no, father's language is very bad.

References

• Kluge, Angela (2017) A grammar of Papuan Malay (Studies in Diversity Linguistics 11), Berlin: Language Science Press, →DOI, pages 68, 421, 432, 582