umul

Tausug

Alternative forms

• ummul (Gimbahanun)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُمُر (ʕumur, “age”). Compare Malay umur and Classical Malay umur.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔumul/ [ʔʊˈmul]
• Rhymes: -ul
• Syllabification: u‧mul

Noun

umul (Sulat Sūg spelling اُمُلْ)

1. age

   Pila in umul mu, Bata'?

   What's your age, Kid?

2. (figurative) the end of one's life

   Bang aku panawn sin sundalu adlaw ini, umul ku na.

   If the soldiers come after me today that’s the end of my life.

Derived terms

• maumul
• saumul

Tz'utujil

Noun

umul

1. rabbit

Uspanteco

Noun

umul

1. rabbit

References

• Leamos uspanteco: Kawitojtak kibꞌ chi rilic jwich wuj laj tzijbꞌal ajtilmit: En uspanteco y español‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Uspanteco), ILV, 1998, page 4

Yakan

Noun

umul

1. life