ұлу

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ulu"

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	ۇلۋ
Cyrillic	ұлу
Latin	ūlu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊ.luw/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Mongolian ᠯᠤᠤ (luu, “dragon”), from Old Turkic 𐰠𐰇 (l²ü /⁠lü⁠/) which in turn is ultimately from Chinese 龍／龙 (lóng). Cognate with Mongolian луу (luu), Kyrgyz үлүл (ülül).

Noun

ұлу • (ūlu)

1. (zoology) mollusc
2. (zoology) snail
3. (anatomy) cochlea
4. (astrology) year of the dragon

Declension

Declension of ұлу

	singular	plural
nominative	ұлу (ūlu)	ұлулар (ūlular)
genitive	ұлудың (ūludyñ)	ұлулардың (ūlulardyñ)
dative	ұлуға (ūluğa)	ұлуларға (ūlularğa)
accusative	ұлуды (ūludy)	ұлуларды (ūlulardy)
locative	ұлуда (ūluda)	ұлуларда (ūlularda)
ablative	ұлудан (ūludan)	ұлулардан (ūlulardan)
instrumental	ұлумен (ūlumen)	ұлулармен (ūlularmen)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *ūlï- (“to cry, howl”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (ulï-, “to cry noisily, howl”), Azerbaijani ulamaq (“to howl, wail”), Bashkir олоу (olow, “to howl”), Chuvash ӑлахма (ălahma, “to neigh”), Turkish ulumak (“to howl”), Kyrgyz улуу (uluu, “to howl”), Tuvan улуур (uluur, “to howl”), Uzbek ulimoq (“to howl”), Yakut улуй (uluy, “to howl”).

Verb

ұлу • (ūlu)

1. to howl

   Жел ұлып тұр.

   Jel ūlyp tūr.

   The wind howls.