ulula

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See also: ululá and ululà

Catalan

Verb

ulula

  1. inflection of ulular:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

Verb

ulula

  1. third-person singular past historic of ululer

Italian

Verb

ulula

  1. inflection of ululare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Etymology 1

From an imitative reduplicated root, perhaps ultimately Proto-Indo-European *(H)ulu(l)- (to cry out, howl; owl). Compare Sanskrit उलूक (ulūka, owl), sometimes also compared to Hittite 𒄷𒉿𒆷𒀸 (ḫu-wa-la-aš, a kind of bird: owl?)[1][2] and Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (owl),[3] though these may all be independent onomatopoeias.

More at ululō (howl, screech). Compare also upupa.

Pronunciation

Noun

ulula f (genitive ululae); first declension

  1. screech owl (Tyto alba), tawny owl (Strix aluco)
Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ulula ululae
genitive ululae ululārum
dative ululae ululīs
accusative ululam ululās
ablative ululā ululīs
vocative ulula ululae

Etymology 2

Verb

ululā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of ululō

References

  • ulula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ulula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ulula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ KUB xliii 60, vs. I 14
  2. ^ Watkins, Calvert (1995) How to Kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 286
  3. ^ Calin, Didier (2017) “owl”, in Dictionary of Indo-European Poetic and Religious Themes (Linguistique; 3), Les Cent Chemins, →ISBN, page 172:PIE *hwól-, G *hulés

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uˈlu.la/
  • Rhymes: -ula
  • Syllabification: u‧lu‧la

Verb

ulula

  1. third-person singular future of ululać

Portuguese

Verb

ulula

  1. inflection of ulular:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

ulula

  1. inflection of ulular:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative