اولاء

Pattani Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *hulət (“worm; maggot”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quləj (“maggot, caterpillar, larva of a metamorphosing insect”), from Proto-Austronesian *quləj (“type of small worm”). Cognate with Urak Lawoi' ฮูลัยจ (hulac) and Malay ulat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔu.laʔ/

Noun

اولاء (ulaʔ) (Thai spelling อูละ)

  1. worm
  2. larva of insect, such as maggot, caterpillar, etc.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.