"metula" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmetulə/, /ˈmeturə/
Etymology: Presumably from Proto-Slavic *metъla “broom”. Compare Albanian nétull. It has also been claimed to be a (convoluted) derivative of Latin matta “rush-mat”. Etymology templates: {{bor|la|sla-pro|*metъla}} Proto-Slavic *metъla, {{cog|sq|nétull}} Albanian nétull, {{m+|la|matta}} Latin matta Head templates: {{head|la|noun|g=f}} *metula f, {{tlb|la|PBR}} (Proto-Balkan-Romance)
  1. broom Tags: Proto-Balkan-Romance, feminine, reconstruction
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      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "meturã"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Istro-Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ruo",
      "word": "méturę"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Istro-Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ruo",
      "word": "métulę"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Megleno-Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ruq",
      "word": "metură"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Megleno-Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ruq",
      "word": "mietură"
    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "mătură"
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    {
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      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "mătoră"
    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "regional or obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "mătără"
    }
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        "1": "la",
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
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      },
      "expansion": "Albanian nétull",
      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "la",
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin matta",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "*metula f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "PBR"
      },
      "expansion": "(Proto-Balkan-Romance)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Latin/metula",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "broom"
      ],
      "id": "en-metula-la-noun-EAoH0eQ2",
      "links": [
        [
          "broom",
          "broom"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "Proto-Balkan-Romance",
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmetulə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmeturə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "metula"
}
{
  "descendants": [
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      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "meturã"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Istro-Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ruo",
      "word": "méturę"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Istro-Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ruo",
      "word": "métulę"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Megleno-Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ruq",
      "word": "metură"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Megleno-Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ruq",
      "word": "mietură"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "mătură"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "mătoră"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "regional or obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "mătără"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*metъla"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *metъla",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "nétull"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian nétull",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "matta"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin matta",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Presumably from Proto-Slavic *metъla “broom”. Compare Albanian nétull.\nIt has also been claimed to be a (convoluted) derivative of Latin matta “rush-mat”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "*metula f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "PBR"
      },
      "expansion": "(Proto-Balkan-Romance)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Latin/metula",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms borrowed from Proto-Slavic",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Balkan-Romance",
        "Romanian links with redundant target parameters"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "broom"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "broom",
          "broom"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Proto-Balkan-Romance",
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmetulə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmeturə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "metula"
}

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