ulula

See also: ululá and ululà

Catalan

Verb

ulula

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

French

Pronunciation

Homophones: ululas, ululât

Verb

ulula

third-person singular past historic of ululer

Italian

Verb

ulula

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

Latin

Etymology 1

From an imitative reduplicated root, perhaps ultimately Proto-Indo-European *(H)ulu(l)- (“to cry out, howl; owl”). Compare Sanskrit उलूक (ulūka, “owl”), sometimes also compared to Hittite 𒄷𒉿𒆷𒀸 (ḫu-wa-la-aš, “a kind of bird: owl?”)^[1]^[2] and Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (“owl”),^[3] though these may all be independent onomatopoeias.

More at ululō (“howl, screech”). Compare also upupa.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu.lu.la/, [ˈʊɫ̪ʊɫ̪ä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.lu.la/, [ˈuːlulä]

Noun

ulula f (genitive ululae); first declension

screech owl (Tyto alba), tawny owl (Strix aluco)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ulula	ululae
genitive	ululae	ululārum
dative	ululae	ululīs
accusative	ululam	ululās
ablative	ululā	ululīs
vocative	ulula	ululae

Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

ululā

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.

^ KUB xliii 60, vs. I 14
^ Watkins, Calvert (1995) How to Kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 286
^ Calin, Didier (2017) “owl”, in Dictionary of Indo-European Poetic and Religious Themes (Linguistique; 3), Les Cent Chemins, →ISBN, page 172: “PIE *hwól-, G *hulés”

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uˈlu.la/
Rhymes: -ula
Syllabification: u‧lu‧la

Verb

ulula

third-person singular future of ululać

Portuguese

Verb

ulula

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

Spanish

Verb

ulula

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

[1] KUB xliii 60, vs. I 14

[2] Watkins, Calvert (1995) How to Kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 286

[3] Calin, Didier (2017) “owl”, in Dictionary of Indo-European Poetic and Religious Themes (Linguistique; 3), Les Cent Chemins, →ISBN, page 172: “PIE *hwól-, G *hulés”

[1]

[2]

[3]