улуу

Kyrgyz

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

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

Adjective

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

  1. great
  2. elder
  3. dragon
  4. big

Etymology 2

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

Verb

улуу • (uluu)

  1. to howl

References

  • Yudakhin, K. K. (2019) “улуу”, in Кыргызча-орусча сөздүк [Kyrgyz-Russian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Kyrgyz), Bishkek, →ISBN

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Old Turkic 𐰠𐰇 (l²ü /⁠lü⁠/). Cognate to Kyrgyz улуу (uluu), Kazakh ұлу (ūlu), Tatar ләү (läw), Turkmen lu, etc.

Noun

улуу • (uluu)

  1. dragon

References

  • O. N. Balakina, V. S. Dedejeva, editor (2015), “улуу”, in Altajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Altaic-Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaisk: Izdatelʹskij dom "Bija", g.Bijsk, per.Muromcevskij, d.2., page 137
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