ululo
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ululo
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ululo
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Etymology edit
From a reduplicated Proto-Indo-European imitative root; see also Irish uileliugh (“wail of lamentation”), Lithuanian uluti (“howl”), Sanskrit उलूलि (ulūli, “a howling, crying aloud”), Ancient Greek ὀλολύζω (ololúzō, “to cry aloud”), Old Armenian ողողանամ (ołołanam), ողողանիմ (ołołanim, “to wail, lament”), dialectal Armenian ուլուլալ (ululal, “to weep, cry, lament”), and Old English ūle (whence English owl).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu.lu.loː/, [ˈʊɫ̪ʊɫ̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈu.lu.lo/, [ˈuːlulo]
Verb edit
ululō (present infinitive ululāre, perfect active ululāvī, supine ululātum); first conjugation
- to howl
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Descendants edit
- Aromanian: urlu, aurlu, urlari
- → Catalan: udolar, ulular
- → English: ululate
- → French: hurler, ululer / hululer
- Friulian: urlâ
- Galician: ouvear, oulear
- → Italian: urlare, ululare
- Norman: heurler (Jersey)
- Old French: uler, usler
- Piedmontese: urlé/ürlé
- → Portuguese: uivar, ulular
- Romanian: urla, urlare
- Romansch: urlar, üerler
- → Spanish: aullar, ulular
- Serbo-Croatian: urlati
- Venetian: urlar
References edit
- “ululo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ululo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ululo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ulu
- Hyphenation: u‧lu‧lo
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
ululo m (plural ululos)
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ululo
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ululo