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улуу

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Kyrgyz

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Turkic *ulug (big, great, grown-up).

Cognate with Bashkir оло (olo), Kazakh ұлы (ūly), Tatar олы (olı), Turkish ulu, Turkmen uly.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /uˈluː/
  • Hyphenation: у‧луу

Adjective

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улуу (uluu) (comparative улуураак, superlative эң улуу, Arabic spelling ۇلۇۇ)

  1. great
  2. elder
  3. dragon

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Turkic *ūlï-. Cognate to Southern Altai улуур (uluur), etc.

Verb

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улуу (uluu)

  1. to howl