ulumak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اولومق (ulumak, to howl), from Proto-Turkic *ūlï- (to cry, howl). Altaicists compare it to Korean 울다 (ulda, to cry, weep, neigh), Mongolian улих (ulix, to yawn, howl, cry out) and reconstruct Proto-Altaic *ū́lo ("to cry, howl").[1]

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (ulı-, to cry noisily, howl), Azerbaijani ulamaq (to howl, wail), Bashkir олоу (olou, to howl), Chuvash ӑлахма (ălahma, to neigh), Kazakh ұлу (ūlu, to howl, whine), Kyrgyz улуу (uluu, to howl), Tuvan улуур (uluur, to howl), Uzbek ulimoq (to howl), Yakut улуй (uluy, to howl).

May also be of imitative origin. Compare English ululate.

Verb

ulumak (third-person singular simple present ulur)

  1. (intransitive) to howl
    İt ulur, birbirini bulur.
    Dog[s] howl and find each other. (A proverb similar to birds of a feather flock together.)

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • uluma
  • uluyuş
  • ulunmak
  • ulutmak
  • uluşmak
  • ulumamak
  • uluyamamak
  • uluyabilmek

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *ū́lo”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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