Contionary:elu

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Indeyivroplu

Etymology

Unique word stem not directly loaned from another language.

Pronunciation

(Indeyivroplu) IPA: [ˈu̞.lu̞]

Noun

ulu (Cyrillic улу)

  1. place, location
    buskozar ulu dasë ma opdersu puňklërz.
    "I am searching for the place that my dad described."

Inflection

  • ulir
    to be located (inf. v.)
  • ulë
    where (conj.)

Usage notes

Append this to the word stem of a demonym or nationality to form the name of its country.

e.g. dojtša = "German" (adj.) -- dojtšulu = "Germany"

Derived terms

  1. etula
    here (adj.)
  2. onula
    there (adj.)
  3. tšëuli
    where? (adv.)
  4. ulkir
    to put, place
  5. ënderulgir
    navigate
  6. istulu
    station, stop