ule

See also: Ule, ulé, ulẹ, ûle, üle, and -ule

English

Etymology

From Spanish hule, from Classical Nahuatl ōlli.

Noun

ule

  1. A Mexican and Central American tree (Castilla elastica), related to the breadfruit tree, whose milky juice contains caoutchouc.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ule in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ule.

Noun

ule

  1. (anatomy) penis

Mapudungun

Noun

ule (Raguileo spelling)

  1. tomorrow

Synonyms

References
  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Mauritian Creole

Verb

ule

  1. Alternative spelling of oule

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ugla, influenced by ula. Compare Faroese úla.

Noun

ule f (definite singular ula, indefinite plural uler, definite plural ulene)

  1. Synonym of ugle (“owl”)

Verb

ule (present tense ular or uler, past tense ula or ulte, past participle ula or ult, present participle ulande, imperative ul)

  1. e-infinitive form of ula

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ, originally a diminutive of *uwwô (“owl”) (Old High German hūwo, Old Saxon hūo), probably a word imitative of the animal's call, or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *up-.

See also Old English ūf or hūf, Swedish uv (“horned owl”), Babungo Auf; also Middle Low German ūle, Dutch uil, Old Norse ugla. A Germanic variant *uwwilǭ was the source of Old High German ūwila (German Eule).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈuː.le/

Noun

ūle f

  1. owl

Declension
Declension of ule (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative ūle ūlan
accusative ūlan ūlan
genitive ūlan ūlena
dative ūlan ūlum

Descendants
  • Middle English: oule, oul, owle, ule, howle, owlle

Old Irish

Determiner

ule

  1. Alternative spelling of uile

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈu.lɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ulɛ
  • Syllabification: u‧le

Noun

ule m

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ul

Swahili

Adjective

ule

  1. Class III / M class inflected form of -le.
  2. U class inflected form of -le.

Verb

ule

  1. inflection of -la:
    1. subjunctive second-person singular
    2. m-mi class object inflected singular subjunctive
    3. u class object inflected subjunctive

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hule.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: u‧le
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔule/, [ˈʔu.le]

Noun

ule (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

  1. oilcloth

References

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognates include Isekiri ulí, Olukumi ulé, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ú-lí

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ū.lé/

Noun

ulé

  1. (Ekiti, Ijebu, Ìlàjẹ, Ijesha, Idanre) home, house, household

Zou
Ule.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /u˧.le˧/

Noun

ule

  1. crocodile

References
  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41
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