ꦲꦸꦭꦸ

Javanese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /u.lu/
  • Rhymes: -lu
  • Hyphenation: ulu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese hulu (“head; head-waters of a river; head of, chief of, in charge of”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *qulu.

Noun

ꦲꦸꦭꦸ (ulu, hulu)

  1. (literary) head
  2. leader, head
Derived terms
  • ꦲꦸꦭꦸꦧꦭꦁ (ulu balang)
  • ꦲꦸꦭꦸꦲꦠꦶ (ulu ati)

Verb

ꦲꦸꦭꦸ (ulu)

  1. (colloquial) alternative spelling of ꦮꦸꦭꦸ (wulu)

Etymology 3

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Verb

ꦲꦸꦭꦸ (ulu)

  1. to swallow
Derived terms
  • ꦏꦺꦴꦭꦸ (kolu)
  • ꦔꦸꦭꦺꦴꦤꦶ (nguloni)

Further reading
  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “ulu”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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