ululo
Catalan
Italian
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) IPA(key): /ˈu.lu.loː/, [ˈʊɫ̪ʊɫ̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈu.lu.lo/, [ˈuːlulo]
Verb
ululō (present infinitive ululāre, perfect active ululāvī, supine ululātum); first conjugation
- to howl
Conjugation
Related terms
- ulucus
- ulula
Descendants
- Aromanian: urlu, aurlu, urlari
- → Catalan: udolar, ulular
- → English: ululate
- → French: hurler, ululer / hululer
- Friulian: urlâ
- Galician: ouvear, oulear
- → Italian: urlare, ululare
- Norman: heurler (Jersey)
- Old French: uler, usler
- Piedmontese: urlé/ürlé
- → Portuguese: uivar, ulular
- Romanian: urla, urlare
- Romansch: urlar, üerler
- → Spanish: aullar, ulular
- Serbo-Croatian: urlati
- Venetian: urlar
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.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈlu.lu/
- Rhymes: -ulu
- Hyphenation: u‧lu‧lo
Spanish
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