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ululo
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Verb
ululo
Italian
Verb
ululo
Latin
Etymology
From a reduplicated Proto-Indo-European imitative root; see also Irish uileliugh (“wail of lamentation”), Lithuanian uluti (“howl”), Sanskrit उलूलि (ulūli, “a howling, crying aloud”), Ancient Greek ὀλολύζω (ololúzō, “to cry aloud”), Old Armenian ողողանամ (ołołanam), ողողանիմ (ołołanim, “to wail, lament”), dialectal Armenian ուլուլալ (ululal, “to weep, cry, lament”), and Old English ūle (whence English owl).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈʊ.ɫʊ.ɫoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuː.lu.lo]
Verb
ululō (present infinitive ululāre, perfect active ululāvī, supine ululātum); first conjugation
- to howl
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
- ulucus
- ulula
Descendants
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: ūrulāre
- Borrowings:
References
- “ululo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ululo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ululo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ulu
- Hyphenation: u‧lu‧lo
Etymology 1
Noun
ululo m (plural ululos)
Etymology 2
Verb
ululo
Spanish
Verb
ululo
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