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Catalan
Verb
ulula
- inflection of ulular:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
French
Pronunciation
Verb
ulula
- third-person singular past historic of ululer
Italian
Verb
ulula
- inflection of ululare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- 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
- screech owl (Tyto alba), tawny owl (Strix aluco)
Declension
First-declension noun.
Etymology 2
Verb
ululā
- 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.
- ^ KUB xliii 60, vs. I 14
- ^ Watkins, Calvert (1995) How to Kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 286
- ^ 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
- third-person singular future of ululać
Portuguese
Verb
ulula
- inflection of ulular:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
ulula
- inflection of ulular:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative