uli

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Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uˈli/
  • Hyphenation: u‧li

Determiner

ulí

  1. (Southern Afar) a certain; some
    Synonym: (Northern Afar) wilí

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 236
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *ulíq (return, restore), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uliq (return home; return something; restore, repair; repeat; motion to and from).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔuˈliʔ/
  • Hyphenation: u‧li

Verb

ulî (plural uruli, Basahan spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

  1. to return an item to its original holder
    Synonyms: balik, buwelta
  2. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) to return home, go home; to take something home
    Synonym: puli

Derived terms

Noun

ulî (Basahan spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

  1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item; change
    Synonym: sukli

Derived terms

See also

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *ulíq (return, restore), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uliq (return home; return something; restore, repair; repeat; motion to and from).

Pronunciation 1

  • Hyphenation: u‧li
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔuliʔ/

Verb

ulì (Badlit spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

  1. to return
    Synonyms: balik, buwelta
Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

  • Hyphenation: u‧li
  • IPA(key): /ʔuˈliʔ/

Verb

ulî (Badlit spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

  1. to return home; to go home
Derived terms

Igbo

Etymology

From Proto-Igboid *ù-`-ɗìCè. Cognate with Ezaa ùrì, Izi ùrì, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ùlìè, Ika ùlì.[1]

Noun

ùlì

  1. indigo dye

References

  1. ^ Blench, Roger, Williamson, Kay, Ohiri-Aniche, Chinyere (2013) Comparative Igboid

Itsekiri

Etymology

Cognates include Yoruba ilé and the other terms found in the Yoruba Synonyms section.

Pronunciation

Noun

ulí

  1. house; home

Derived terms

Nias

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit.

Noun

uli (mutated form guli)

  1. skin

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈu.li/
  • Rhymes: -uli
  • Syllabification: u‧li

Noun

uli m

  1. genitive plural of ul
    Synonym: ulów

Samoan

Noun

uli

  1. taro sprouts

Adjective

uli

  1. black; blackish (any dark color)

Derived terms

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *ulíq (return, restore), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uliq (return home; return something; restore, repair; repeat; motion to and from). Doublet of uwi. Compare muli and ulit.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ʔuˈliʔ/ (again, once more, adverb; (act of) giving back, restoring or returning home, noun)
    • IPA(key): /ˈʔuliʔ/ ((act of) wandering about, noun)
  • Syllabification: u‧li

Adverb

ulî (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

  1. again; once more
    Synonyms: muli, ulit
    Kakain uli ako.I will eat again.
Derived terms

Noun

ulî (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

  1. act of giving back or returning something borrowed or taken from some place
    Synonyms: sauli, pagsasauli
  2. act of returning, reverting, or restoring to a former state
    Synonyms: ulit, balik, kompone
  3. act of returning home
    Synonym: uwi
  4. (by extension, obsolete) act of readjusting one's bones
    Nabali ang kamay ko ay iuli mo.
    My hand broke, fix it.
Derived terms
See also

Noun

ulì (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

  1. act of wandering about; act of vagabonding
    Synonyms: libot, paglilibot, lagalag, paglalagalag, gala, paggagala
  2. (obsolete) act of reselling for the same price
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

ulì (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒ) (botany)

  1. kauri (Agathis dammara)
    Synonyms: almasiga, dadyangan

Etymology 3

See ule.

Pronunciation

Noun

uli (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

  1. Alternative form of ule

References

Anagrams

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *quli. Cognates include Hawaiian uli and Samoan uli.

Verb

uli

  1. (transitive, of watercraft) to steer

Etymology 2

Te lanu uli (2).

From Proto-Polynesian *quli. Cognates include Hawaiian uli and Samoan uli.

Verb

uli

  1. (stative) to be black
  2. (stative) to be dark

Etymology 3

Nā uli (3).

From Proto-Polynesian *huli. Cognates include Hawaiian uli and Samoan uli.

Noun

uli

  1. mackerel scad (Decapterus macarellus)

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 45

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognates include Itsekiri ulí, Igala únyí, from Proto-Yoruboid *ú-lí.

Pronunciation

Noun

ulí

  1. (SEY) house, home

Derived terms