uli

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

ulí

1. (Southern Afar) a certain; some

   Synonym: (Northern Afar) wilí

• 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)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

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

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

ulî

1. act of returning an item to its original holder

   Synonyms: balik, buwelta

2. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) act of return home, going home, taking something home

   Synonym: puli

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

   Synonym: sukli

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

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

uli

1. to return

Cognates include Yoruba ilé.

• IPA^(key): /ū.lí/

ulí

1. house; home

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit.

uli (mutated form guli)

1. skin

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

uli m

1. genitive plural of ul

   Synonym: ulów

uli

1. taro sprouts

uli

1. black; blackish (any dark color)

• uliuli

• oli – obsolete, Abecedario orthography

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.

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

ulî (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

1. again; once more

   Synonyms: muli, ulit

   Kakain uli ako. ― I will eat again.

ulî

1. act of 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.

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

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

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

ulì (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

1. (botany) kauri (Agathis dammara)

   Synonyms: almasiga, dadyangan

See ule.

• Hyphenation: u‧li
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔuli/, [ˈʔu.lɪ]

uli (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

1. Alternative form of ule

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

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

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

uli

1. (transitive, of watercraft) to steer

Te lanu uli (2).

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

uli

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

Nā uli (3).

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

uli

1. mackerel scad (Decapterus macarellus)

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

• ilé
• ulé

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

• IPA^(key): /ū.lí/

ulí

1. (SEY) house, home