gula

American  

[gyoo-luh, goo-] / ˈgju lə, ˈgu- /

noun

• gulae,
  plural
• gulas
  plural

1. Zoology.

   1. the upper part of the throat or gullet.

   2. the front or forward part of the neck.

2. Architecture.

   1. a molding having a large hollow, as a cavetto.

   2. ogee.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• gular
  adjective
• intergular
  adjective
• subgular
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• gulae
  plural
• gulas
  plural

Etymology

Origin of gula

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin: throat, gullet, appetite

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

gula gulae

But the essential flavor in black rice pudding is not the rice or the coconut, or even the funky gula jawa sugar — it’s the pandan.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2021

One, Meriton Latroon’s Bantam Punch, combined an Indonesian rum of sorts called Batavia Arrack with ambergris, which Mr. Wondrich defined as “clotted whale cholesterol,” and gula jawa, a funky Indonesian palm sugar.

From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2010

Ke is used as te: ke si gula iidimani a small piece; ro kesi kurui bata two small pieces of money.

From Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands by W. G. (Walter George) Ivens

This e may be added to words which have not a distinct noun termination: naoe gula the chief place.

From Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands by W. G. (Walter George) Ivens

Hunger is most probably perceived by those numerous ramifications of nerves that are seen about the upper opening of the stomach; and thirst by the nerves about the fauces, and the top of the gula.

From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin

On folio 180d we find a chapter entitled "De cathena gulae incisa vel fracta," and copied almost literally from the chapter "De catena gulae" of Roger.

From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Henry Ebenezer Handerson