hulu

From Pre-Chamorro *θələx, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dələk.

hulu

1. thunder

From Proto-Polynesian *fulu, from Proto-Central Pacific *vulu, from Proto-Oceanic *pulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu (compare Malay bulu).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhu.lu/

hulu (plural huluhulu)

1. (anatomy) hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)
2. (anatomy) fur
3. (anatomy) feather

From Malay hulu, from Proto-Malayic *hulu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *qulu. Doublet of ulu.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈhulu/ [ˈhu.lu]

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• Rhymes: -ulu
• Syllabification: hu‧lu

hulu (plural hulu-hulu)

1. (anatomy, obsolete) head (part of the body)

   Synonym: kepala

   huluku sakit.

   My head hurts.

2. upstream

   Antonym: hilir

3. village

   Synonyms: desa, udik

4. handle

   Synonym: pegangan

5. beginning

   Synonyms: awal, pangkal, permulaan

• “hulu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

hulu

1. romanization of ꦲꦸꦭꦸ

hulu

1. obsolete spelling of wulu

• ulu (dated)

From Proto-Malayic *hulu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *qulu, doublet of ulu. Head sense mainly replaced by kepala but preserved in court language.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhulu/ [ˈhu.lu]
• Rhymes: -ulu, -lu, -u

hulu (Jawi spelling هولو, plural hulu-hulu)

1. (anatomy, obsolete) head (part of the body)

   Synonyms: kepala, jemala, tendas

2. top part of something

   Synonym: kepala

   hulu keris: keris hilt or handle

3. upstream, inland

   Synonyms: udik, banat

4. starting, beginning

   Synonyms: pangkal, permulaan

Especially used in court language e.g. addressing royals or in manuscripts.

• hulubalang
• penghulu

• dahulu, dulu

• Indonesian: hulu
• → Chinese: 烏魯／乌鲁 (Wūlǔ)
• → English: ulu

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “هولو hoeloe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek‎^[1], John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 147
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “هولو hulu”, in A Malay-English dictionary‎^[2], Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 693
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “hulu”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised)‎^[3], volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 413

• “hulu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Ultimately from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide, conceal”). From the same root as helan (“to hide, conceal”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈxu.lu/, [ˈhu.lu]

hulu f

1. hull, husk

Strong ō-stem:

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hulu”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *qulu.

• IPA^(key): /hu.lu/
• Rhymes: -lu
• Hyphenation: hu‧lu

hulu

1. head
2. head-waters of a river, upstream
3. head of, chief of, in charge of

• > Javanese: ꦲꦸꦭꦸ (ulu), ꦮꦸꦭꦸ (wulu) (inherited)

• "hulu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

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-hulu (infinitive kuhulu)

1. to stop, to cease