different between coulda vs musta

English

Etymology

Written form of a reduction of could have.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?d?/, [?k??d.?]
• Rhymes: -?d?

Contraction

coulda

1. (chiefly slang) Could have.

   You coulda told him the truth.

Usage notes

Like other similarly formed contractions, speakers only use coulda to replace the modal sense of could have, i.e. where have precedes a past participle: We coulda seen each other. They do not use it to replace could followed by the verb have used lexically, e.g. *We coulda coffee. See also gonna.

Synonyms

• could of
• could've

Derived terms

• woulda, coulda, shoulda

Related terms

• couldna
• shoulda
• woulda
• mighta
• musta

English

Etymology

Written form of a reduction of must have.

Contraction

musta

1. (colloquial) Contraction of must have.

   He musta guessed. There's no other explanation.

Synonyms

• must’ve

See also

• coulda
• hadda
• shoulda
• woulda
• mighta
• oughta

Anagrams

• Ma Tsu, Ma-tsu, Mat-Su, Matsu, Maust, sumat

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• 'musta

Etymology

Clipping of kumusta.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mus?ta

Interjection

musta

1. hello
2. how are you?
3. used to ask about the status of someone or something

Chamicuro

Preposition

musta

1. with

Estonian

Adjective

musta

1. genitive singular of must
2. partitive singular of must
3. illative singular of must

Noun

musta

1. genitive singular of must
2. partitive singular of must
3. illative singular of must

Finnish

(index mu)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?must?/, [?mus?t??]
• Rhymes: -ust?
• Syllabification: mus?ta

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *musta.

Adjective

musta (comparative mustempi, superlative mustin)

1. black (colour)
2. black (person)

Declension

Antonyms

• (colour): valkoinen

Derived terms

• mustasti
• mustata
• mustelma
• mustuus

Compounds

See also

Noun

musta

1. black (colour)
2. black (person)
3. black horse

Declension

Synonyms

• (person): neekeri (pejorative, considered racist), mustaihoinen (neutral)

Antonyms

• (colour): valkoinen
• (person): valkoihoinen

Derived terms

• nouns: mustalainen

Etymology 2

A variant for minusta.

Pronoun

musta

1. (colloquial, personal) Elative singular form of minä.

See also

• minusta

Anagrams

• masut, musat, sumat

Latin

Noun

musta

1. nominative plural of mustum
2. accusative plural of mustum
3. vocative plural of mustum

References

• musta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) must?

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *musta.

Adjective

musta

1. black

Livvi

Alternative forms

• mustu

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *musta.

Adjective

musta

1. black

Noun

musta

1. black

Pipil

Etymology

Compare Classical Nahuatl m?ztla (“tomorrow”)

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /?mu?sta/
• (Izalco) IPA^(key): /?musta/

Adverb

m?sta

1. tomorrow

Related terms

• w?pta (“day after tomorrow”)
• ?sh?n (“today”)
• y?lua (“yesterday”)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• kumusta
• kamusta

Etymology

Clipping of kumusta, which is from Spanish cómo está.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mus?ta/

Interjection

mustá

1. hello
2. how are you?

3. expression for asking about someone or something