ulula

See also: ululá and ululà

Catalan

Verb

ulula

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

French

Pronunciation

Verb

ulula

  1. third-person singular past historic of ululer

Italian

Verb

ulula

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

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *up- (imitative root). See also Latvian ũpis (“eagle-owl”), Czech úpěti (“to wail, howl”), Avar ufyeimi (ufyeimi, “to call out”), English owl.[1].[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu.lu.la/, [ˈʊ.ɫʊ.ɫa]

Noun

ulula f (genitive ululae); first declension

  1. screech-owl, tawny owl

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative ulula ululae
genitive ululae ululārum
dative ululae ululīs
accusative ululam ululās
ablative ululā ululīs
vocative ulula ululae

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. ↑ Rick Derksen, Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon, s.vv. “vъpìti”, “vypь” (Leiden: Brill, 1998), pp. 532:535.
  2. ↑ Vladimir Orel, A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, s.vv. “*uwwalōn”, “*uwwōn”, “*ūfaz ~ *ūfōn” (Leiden: Brill, 2003), 436.

Portuguese

Verb

ulula

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

Spanish

Verb

ulula

  1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of ulular.
  2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of ulular.
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