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wulu

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Bambara

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Etymology

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From Proto-Western Mande *wùle.

Noun

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wùlu

  1. dog

References

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Bandjalang

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Noun

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wulu

  1. ankle

Javanese

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Romanization

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wulu

  1. Romanization of ꦮꦸꦭꦸ

Lower Sorbian

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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wulu

  1. locative singular of wul

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu, compare Malay bulu.

Noun

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wulu

  1. hair
  2. feather
  3. (figurative) person of an inferior social status

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • > Javanese: ꦮꦸꦭꦸ (wulu) (inherited)

Further reading

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  • "wulu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Western Maninkakan

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Etymology

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Cognate with Bambara wulu (dog), Soninke wulle (dog).

Noun

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wulu

  1. dog

Wolof

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Noun

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wulu (definite form wulu wi)

  1. heifer