ұлу

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ۇلۋ
Cyrillic ұлу
Latin ūlu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Classical Mongolian ᠯᠤᠤ (luu, dragon). Cognate with Mongolian луу (luu), Kyrgyz улуу (uluu).

Noun

ұлу (ūlu)

  1. (zoology) mollusc
  2. (anatomy) cochlea
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *ūlï- (to cry, howl).

Cognate with Old Uyghur (ulï-, to cry noisily, howl), Azerbaijani ulamaq (to howl, wail), Bashkir олоу (olow, to howl), Chuvash ӑлахма (ălahma, to neigh), Turkish ulumak (to howl), Kyrgyz улуу (uluu, to howl), Tuvan улуур (uluur, to howl), Uzbek ulimoq (to howl), Yakut улуй (uluy, to howl).

Verb

ұлу (ūlu)

  1. to howl
    Жел ұлып тұр.
    Jel ūlyp tūr.
    The wind howls.