See also: húlu and hūlū

Chamorro

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Etymology

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From Pre-Chamorro *θələx, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dələk.

Noun

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hulu

  1. thunder

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *fulu, from Proto-Central Pacific *vulu, from Proto-Oceanic *pulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu (compare Malay bulu).

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hulu (plural huluhulu)

  1. (anatomy) hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)
  2. (anatomy) fur
  3. (anatomy) feather

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay hulu, from Proto-Malayic *hulu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *qulu. Doublet of ulu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hu.lu/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -lu
  • Hyphenation: hu‧lu

Noun

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hulu (first-person possessive huluku, second-person possessive hulumu, third-person possessive hulunya)

  1. (anatomy, obsolete) head (part of the body)
    huluku sakit.
    My head hurts.
  2. upstream
  3. village
  4. handle
  5. beginning

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Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of upstream): hilir

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Javanese

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Romanization

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hulu

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦸꦭꦸ

Lower Sorbian

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Noun

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hulu

  1. Obsolete spelling of wulu.

Malay

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *hulu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *qulu, doublet of ulu. Head sense mainly replaced by kepala but preserved in court language.

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hulu (Jawi spelling هولو, plural hulu-hulu, informal 1st possessive huluku, 2nd possessive hulumu, 3rd possessive hulunya)

  1. (anatomy, obsolete) head (part of the body)
    Synonyms: kepala, jemala, tendas
  2. top part of something
    Synonym: kepala
    hulu keris: keris hilt or handle
  3. upstream, inland
    Synonyms: udik, banat
  4. starting, beginning
    Synonyms: pangkal, permulaan

Usage notes

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Especially used in court language e.g. addressing royals or in manuscripts.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: hulu
  • Chinese: 烏魯乌鲁 (Wūlǔ)
  • English: ulu

References

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  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “هولو hoeloe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek[1], John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 147
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “هولو hulu”, in A Malay-English dictionary[2], Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 693
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “hulu”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised)[3], volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 413

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Old English

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Etymology

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Ultimately from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (to hide, conceal). From the same root as helan (to hide, conceal).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxu.lu/, [ˈhu.lu]

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hulu f

  1. hull, husk

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Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *qulu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hu.lu/
  • Rhymes: -lu
  • Hyphenation: hu‧lu

Noun

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hulu

  1. head
  2. head-waters of a river, upstream
  3. head of, chief of, in charge of

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Descendants

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Further reading

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