uli

See also: Appendix:Variations of "uli"

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈli/ [ʔʊˈlɪ]
• Hyphenation: u‧li

Determiner

ulí

1. (Southern Afar) a certain; some

   Synonym: (Northern Afar) wilí

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 236
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *ulíq (“return, restore”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uliq (“return home; return something; restore, repair; repeat; motion to and from”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔuˈliʔ/ [ʔuˈl̪iʔ]
• Hyphenation: u‧li

Verb

ulî (plural uruli, Basahan spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

1. to return an item to its original holder

   Synonyms: balik, buwelta

2. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) to return home, go home; to take something home

   Synonym: puli

Derived terms

• i-uli
• mag-uli
• pauli
• uli-uli
• ulian

 

Noun

ulî (Basahan spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item; change

   Synonym: sukli

Derived terms

• mag-uli
• ulian

 

See also

• kuwarta
• piso
• sensilyo
• sentabo
• sentimo

 

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *ulíq (“return, restore”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uliq (“return home; return something; restore, repair; repeat; motion to and from”).

Pronunciation 1

• Hyphenation: u‧li
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔuliʔ/ [ˈʔu.l̪ɪʔ]

Verb

ulì (Badlit spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

1. to return

   Synonyms: balik, buwelta

Derived terms

• i-uli
• ulian

 

Pronunciation 2

• Hyphenation: u‧li
• IPA^(key): /ʔuˈliʔ/ [ʔʊˈl̪iʔ]

Verb

ulî (Badlit spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

1. to return home; to go home

Derived terms

• mouli
• pauli

 

Igbo

Etymology

From Proto-Igboid *ù-`-ɗìCè. Cognate with Ezaa ùrì, Izi ùrì, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ùlìè, Ika ùlì.

Noun

ùlì

1. indigo dye

Itsekiri

Etymology

Cognates include Yoruba ilé and the other terms found in the Yoruba Synonyms section.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ū.lí/

Noun

ulí

1. house; home

Derived terms

• Ọmaṣulí (“given name”)
• ulí ayọ̀n (“hotel”)
• ulí ẹwo-oyìbó (“hospital”)
• ulí ùsẹ̀n (“church”)
• ulí-ẹ̀kọ́ (“school”)
• ulíọ̀fọ̀ (“school”)
• òròlí (“roof”)

 

Nias

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit.

Noun

uli (mutated form guli)

1. skin

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.li/
• Rhymes: -uli
• Syllabification: u‧li

Noun

uli m

1. genitive plural of ul

   Synonym: ulów

Samoan

Noun

uli

1. taro sprouts

Adjective

uli

1. black; blackish (any dark color)

Derived terms

• uliuli

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• oli — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *ulíq (“return, restore”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uliq (“return home; return something; restore, repair; repeat; motion to and from”). Doublet of uwi. Compare muli and ulit.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ʔuˈliʔ/ [ʔʊˈliʔ] (“again, once more”, adverb; “(act of) giving back, restoring or returning home”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -iʔ
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔuliʔ/ [ˈʔuː.lɪʔ] (“(act of) wandering about”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -uliʔ
• Syllabification: u‧li

Adverb

ulî (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

1. again; once more

   Synonyms: muli, ulit

   Kakain uli ako. ― I will eat again.

Derived terms

• uliin
• umuli

 

Noun

ulî (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

1. act of giving back or returning something borrowed or taken from some place

   Synonyms: sauli, pagsasauli

2. act of returning, reverting, or restoring to a former state

   Synonyms: ulit, balik, kompone

3. act of returning home

   Synonym: uwi

4. (by extension, obsolete) act of readjusting one's bones

   Nabali ang kamay ko ay iuli mo.

   My hand broke, fix it.

Derived terms

• hinguli
• isauli
• iuli
• mag-uli
• mag-ulianin
• magsauli
• maisauli
• manauli
• mang-uli
• masauli
• mauli
• pagkaulian
• pagkaulianin
• pagpapanag-uli
• pagsasag-uli
• pagsasauli
• pagsaulian
• pampanauli
• pampasauli
• panag-uli
• panag-ulian
• papanag-uliin
• papanauliin
• pauli-uli
• saul-an
• sauli
• saulian
• sumag-uli
• ul-an
• ul-in
• ulian
• ulianin

 

See also

• muli

 

Noun

ulì (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

1. act of wandering about; act of vagabonding

   Synonyms: libot, paglilibot, lagalag, paglalagalag, gala, paggagala

2. (obsolete) act of reselling for the same price

Derived terms

• iuli
• uli-uli
• ulian
• umuli

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔuliʔ/ [ˈʔuː.lɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -uliʔ
• Syllabification: u‧li

Noun

ulì (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒ) (botany)

1. kauri (Agathis dammara)

   Synonyms: almasiga, dadyangan

Etymology 3

See ule.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔuli/ [ˈʔuː.lɪ]
• Rhymes: -uli
• Syllabification: u‧li

Noun

uli (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

1. Alternative form of ule

References

• “uli”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[3] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• Bulletin‎^[4], Bureau of Public Printing, 1916

Anagrams

• Liu

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈu.li]
• Hyphenation: u‧li

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *quli. Cognates include Hawaiian uli and Samoan uli.

Verb

uli

1. (transitive, of watercraft) to steer

Etymology 2

Te lanu uli (2).

From Proto-Polynesian *quli. Cognates include Hawaiian uli and Samoan uli.

Verb

uli

1. (stative) to be black
2. (stative) to be dark

Etymology 3

Nā uli (3).

From Proto-Polynesian *huli. Cognates include Hawaiian uli and Samoan uli.

Noun

uli

1. mackerel scad (Decapterus macarellus)

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[5], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 45

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• ilé
• ulé

Etymology

Cognates include Itsekiri ulí, Igala únyí, from Proto-Yoruboid *ú-lí.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ū.lí/

Noun

ulí

1. (SEY) house, home

Derived terms

• kọ́líkọ́lí (“builder”)
• ọmọlúlí (“wall gecko”)
• wulí (“to enter”)
• wúlí (“to come home”)