wul

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Agi[edit]

Noun[edit]

wul

  1. water

References[edit]

  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Hausa[edit]

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Ideophone[edit]

wùl

  1. pass by quickly, flash past

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Ideophone[edit]

wul

  1. Alternative form of wulik (black, dark blue)

Kom (Cameroon)[edit]

Noun[edit]

wul (plural ghelɨ)

  1. person

References[edit]

  • Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *ulьjь. Cognate with Polish ul, Czech úl, Serbo-Croatian ulj, and Russian у́лей (úlej).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

wul m inan (diminutive wulk)

  1. beehive

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “wul”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “wul”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English wool, from Middle English wolle, from Old English wull, from Proto-West Germanic *wullu, from Proto-Germanic *wullō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.

Noun[edit]

wul (plural wul-wul, informal 1st possessive wulku, 2nd possessive wulmu, 3rd possessive wulnya)

  1. wool (hair of sheep, etc.)

Alternative forms[edit]

  • wol (Indonesian)

Tok Pisin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English wool.

Noun[edit]

wul

  1. wool

Yola[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English wal, from Old English weall.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

wul (plural wullès or walles)

  1. wall

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English wolle, from Old English wull, from Proto-West Germanic *wullu.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

wul

  1. wool

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 79