muda

Etymology

Japanese 無駄

Noun

muda (uncountable)

1. (business) A form of waste, or deviation from optimal allocation of resources, that occurs when work is performed that does not add value for the customer.

Verb

muda

1. inflection of mudar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Verb

muda

1. third-person singular present indicative form of mudar
2. second-person singular imperative form of mudar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.da/

Adjective

muda

1. young

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.da/, [ˈmuːd̪ä]
• Stress: mùda
• Hyphenation: mu‧da

Etymology 1

Back-formation from mudare (“to moult”).

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Romanization

muda

1. Rōmaji transcription of むだ

Alternative forms

• (Northern) muta

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muta, from Proto-Uralic *muďa.

Noun

muda

1. (Southern) mud

Verb

muda

1. inflection of muder:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ðɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.dɐ/
• Hyphenation: mu‧da

Etymology 1

From Latin mūtam, accusative feminine form of mūtus.

Adjective

muda

1. Feminine singular of adjective mudo.

Noun

muda f (plural mudas)

1. feminine equivalent of mudo

Etymology 2

Backformation from the verb mudar

Noun

muda f (plural mudas)

1. seedling

Verb

muda

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of mudar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of mudar

Noun

muda

1. inflection of múdo:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative plural
   3. genitive plural
   4. accusative plural
   5. vocative plural

Adjective

muda f sg

1. feminine singular of mudu

Verb

muda

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of mudar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of mudar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of mudar.

Adjective

muda

1. Feminine singular of adjective mudo.

Noun

muda f (plural mudas)

1. A change (of clothes, especially underpants)

Alternative forms

• mda

Etymology

From Arabic مُدَّة‎ (mudda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ɗɑ/

Noun

muda (m-mi class, plural miuda)

1. term, period (of time)

Etymology

Related to Finnish muta.

Noun

muda

1. slurry, dredge

References

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