uli

• IPA^(key): /uˈli/, [ʔʊˈlɪ]
• 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)

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

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

ulî (plural uruli, Basahan spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

1. to return an item to its original holder

   Synonyms: balik, buwelta

2. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) to return home, go home; to take something home

   Synonym: puli

ulî (Basahan spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

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

   Synonym: sukli

Inherited 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]

ulì (Badlit spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

1. to return

   Synonyms: balik, buwelta

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

ulî (Badlit spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

1. to return home; to go home

From Proto-Igboid *ù-`-ɗìCè. Cognate with Ezaa ùrì, Izi ùrì, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ùlìè, Ika ùlì.[1]

ùlì

1. indigo dye

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, Spanish-based 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.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ʔuˈliʔ/ [ʔʊˈliʔ] (“again, once more”, adverb; “(act of) giving back, restoring or returning home”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -iʔ
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔuliʔ/ [ˈʔu.lɪʔ] (“(act of) wandering about”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -uliʔ
• Syllabification: u‧li

ulî (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

1. again; once more

   Synonyms: muli, ulit

   Kakain uli ako. ― I will eat again.

ulî (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

1. act of giving back or 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.

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔuliʔ/ [ˈʔu.lɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -uliʔ
• Syllabification: u‧li

ulì (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒ) (botany)

1. kauri (Agathis dammara)

   Synonyms: almasiga, dadyangan

See ule.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔuli/ [ˈʔu.lɪ]
• Rhymes: -uli
• Syllabification: u‧li

uli (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒ)

1. Alternative form of ule

• “uli”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎ (in Spanish), 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 Itsekiri ulí, Igala únyí, from Proto-Yoruboid *ú-lí.

• IPA^(key): /ū.lí/

ulí

1. (SEY) house, home