Bandjalang

Noun

wulu

1. ankle

Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwu.lu/
• Hyphenation: wu‧lu
• Rhymes: -lu, -u

Etymology 1

From Old Javanese wulu ‎(“body hair, feather”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu₁ ‎(“body hair; fur; feather”). Cognates include Tagalog búlo, Malay bulu, Balinese bulu, Sasak bulu, Sundanese bulu, Makasar bulu.

Noun

wulu ‎(Javanese script ꦮꦸꦭꦸ)

1. (anatomy) body hair
2. (anatomy) fur
3. (anatomy) feather

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Vowel sign i (wulu)

From Old Javanese hulu ‎(“head”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu ‎(“head, top part”), from Proto-Austronesian *quluh. Cognate with Balinese ulu ‎(“vowel sign i”).

Alternative forms

• ulu (rarely used)

Noun

wulu ‎(Javanese script ꦮꦸꦭꦸ)

1. vowel sign i in the Javanese writing system

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowing from Arabic وضوء. Parallel borrowings (from Arabic) are Indonesian wudu, English wudu.

Noun

wulu ‎(Javanese script ꦮꦸꦭꦸ)

1. ritual washing by Muslims before prayers

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• hulu (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈulu/

Noun

wulu

1. locative singular of wul