masula

• masoola, masulah, mussoola, mussoolah

Uncertain.

masula (plural masulas)

1. A type of boat used on the Coromandel Coast of southeast India, typically for travelling between ships and shore. Also more fully masula boat. [from 17th c.]
   • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 90:

     The catamarans accompany the masulah boats through the surf, and when an accident happens endeavour to pick up the unfortunate passengers.

• asulam

From ma- +‎ sula.

• IPA^(key): /masuˈla/, [ma.suˈl̪a]
• Hyphenation: ma‧su‧la

masulá (intensified masulahon, Basahan spelling ᜋᜐᜓᜎ)

1. glaring; blinding (from the light)

   Synonyms: masilaw, masuriaw