wulu

Bambara

Etymology

From Proto-Western Mande *wùle.

Noun

wùlu

1. dog

References

• Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010

Bandjalang

Noun

wulu

1. ankle

Javanese

Romanization

wulu

1. Romanization of ꦮꦸꦭꦸ

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• hulu (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈulu/

Noun

wulu

1. locative singular of wul

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu, compare Malay bulu.

Noun

wulu

1. hair
2. feather
3. (figurative) person of an inferior social status

Derived terms

• apamulu
• awulu
• pamulu
• wulun

 

• puhun wulu
• puhun wulun
• wulu cumbu
• wulu puhun

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦮꦸꦭꦸ (wulu) (inherited)

Further reading

• "wulu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Western Maninkakan

Etymology

Cognate with Bambara wulu (“dog”), Soninke wulle (“dog”).

Noun

wulu

1. dog

Wolof

Noun

wulu (definite form wulu wi)

1. heifer