ulula

== Catalan == === Verb === ulula inflection of ulular: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == French == === Pronunciation === Homophones: ululas, ululât === Verb === ulula third-person singular past historic of ululer == Italian == === Verb === ulula inflection of ululare: third-person singular present indicative 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?”) and Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (“owl”), though these may all be independent onomatopoeias. More at ululō (“howl, screech”). Compare also upupa. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈʊ.ɫʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuː.lu.la] ==== Noun ==== ulula f (genitive ululae); first declension screech owl (Tyto alba), tawny owl (Strix aluco) Near-synonyms: būbō, strix, noctua, parra ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun. ===== Related terms ===== uluccus ulucus ululō === 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. == 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: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Verb === ulula inflection of ulular: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative