Meaning of maule | Babel Free
²mæʉ̯.ləDefinitions
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to eat by itself, without appropriate accompanying food(s) (e.g. eating the spread without bread, or beef without potatoes) ambitransitive
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to nibble ambitransitive
Examples
“Eg maular ikkje smør, og brukar det heller ikkje på noko anna enn hardbrød. Noko av det eg maular mest no er vaniljesaus.”
I don't eat butter by itself. Nor do I use it on anything else than hard bread. Nowadays though, by itself, I mostly eat custard.
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