Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "mutuwa" shine yanayi ko ingancin zama matattu, marar rai, ko rashin aiki. Hakanan yana iya nufin rashin ƙarfi, kuzari, ko amsawa, kamar a cikin jumlar "mutuwar yanayi." Ƙari ga haka, “mutuwa” na iya kwatanta rashin sha’awa, sha’awa, ko motsin rai, kamar yadda yake cikin jumlar “mutuwa a idanunsa.”
