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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ule"

Translingual

Symbol

ule

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Lule.

See also

English

Etymology

From Spanish hule, from Classical Nahuatl ōlli.

Pronunciation

Noun

ule

  1. A Mexican and Central American tree (Castilla elastica), related to the breadfruit tree, whose milky juice contains caoutchouc.

References

Anagrams

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ule. Cognate with Maori ore, Tahitian ure, Tokelauan ule.

Noun

ule

  1. (anatomy) penis

Derived terms

  • iwi ule (“baculum”)
  • pōule (“male breadfruit flower”)
  • ule hilo (“gonorrhea”)
  • ulepaʻa (“male virgin”)
  • ulepuaʻa (“corkscrew”)
  • uleule (“pendulous”)

Further reading

Mapudungun

Noun

ule (Raguileo spelling)

  1. tomorrow

Synonyms

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Mauritian Creole

Verb

ule

  1. alternative spelling of oule

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse úfr, influenced by ugle. Compare Faroese úla.

Noun

ule f (definite singular ula, indefinite plural uler, definite plural ulene)

  1. synonym of ugle (“owl”)

Etymology 2

Verb

ule (present tense ular or uler, past tense ula or ulte, past participle ula or ult, present participle ulande, imperative ul)

  1. e-infinitive form of ula

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ, originally a diminutive of *uwwô (“owl”) (Old High German hūwo, Old Saxon hūo), probably a word imitative of the animal's call, or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *up-.

See also Old English ūf or hūf, Swedish uv (“horned owl”), Bavarian Auf; also Middle Low German ūle, Dutch uil, Old Norse ugla. A Germanic variant *uwwilǭ was the source of Old High German ūwila (German Eule).

Pronunciation

Noun

ūle f

  1. owl

Declension

Weak n-stem:

More information singular, plural ...

Descendants

  • Middle English: oule, oul, owle, ule, howle, owlle
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Old Irish

Determiner

ule

  1. alternative spelling of uile

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈu.lɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ulɛ
  • Syllabification: u‧le

Noun

ule m

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ul

Swahili

Adjective

ule

  1. m class(III)/u class(XI) inflected form of -le

Verb

ule

  1. inflection of -la:
    1. subjunctive second-person singular
    2. m-mi class object inflected singular subjunctive
    3. u class object inflected subjunctive

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hule.

Pronunciation

Noun

ule (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

  1. oilcloth

References

  • “ule”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.

Yoruba

Etymology

Cognates include Itsekiri ulí, Olukumi ulé, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *u-lé, from Proto-Edekiri *u-lí, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *ú-lí

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ū.lé/

Noun

ulé

  1. (Ekiti, Ijebu, Ilajẹ, Ijesha, Idanre) home, house, household

Synonyms

More information Yoruba varieties and languages: ilé (“house”), Language family ...

Zou

Pronunciation

Noun

ule

  1. crocodile

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41

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