uul
See also: Uul
Ixil
Noun
uul
References
- Dwight David Jewett and Marcos Willis, A' u u' uva'a uva' molel ca ink'a kuyolb'al atz tuch' yolb'al castiiya (Diccionario Ixil de Chajul - Español, Español - Ixil de Chajul) (1996)
North Frisian
Alternative forms
- ual (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt)
- ool (Heligoland)
- üülj (Mooring)
- uuil (Wiedingharde)
Etymology
From Old Frisian ald, from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”).
Adjective
uul
- (Goesharde) old
West Flemish
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ule, from Old Dutch *ūwila, *ūwala, *ūla, from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ, diminutive of *uwwǭ (“eagle-owl”), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /yl/
- Rhymes: -yl
Noun
uul m or f
- (birds) owl, bird of the order Strigiformes
- (figuratively) idiot