wulu

Bandjalang

Noun

wulu

  1. ankle

Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwu.lu/
  • Hyphenation: wu‧lu
  • Rhymes: -lu, -u

Etymology 1

From Old Javanese wulu (“body hair, feather”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu₁ (“body hair; fur; feather”). Cognates include Tagalog búlo, Malay bulu, Balinese bulu, Sasak bulu, Sundanese bulu, Makasar bulu.

Noun

wulu (Javanese script ꦮꦸꦭꦸ)

  1. (anatomy) body hair
  2. (anatomy) fur
  3. (anatomy) feather
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Vowel sign i (wulu)

From Old Javanese hulu (“head”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu (“head, top part”), from Proto-Austronesian *quluh. Cognate with Balinese ulu (“vowel sign i”).

Noun

wulu (Javanese script ꦮꦸꦭꦸ)

  1. vowel sign i in the Javanese writing system
Alternative forms
  • ulu (rarely used)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic وُضُوء‎ (wuḍūʾ). Parallel borrowings (from Arabic) are Indonesian wudu, English wudu.

Noun

wulu (Javanese script ꦮꦸꦭꦸ)

  1. (Islam) ritual washing by Muslims before prayers

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈulu/

Noun

wulu

  1. locative singular of wul

Wolof

Noun

wulu (definite form wulu wi)

  1. heifer
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