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.

• IPA^(key): /hu.lu/

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• Rhymes: -lu
• Hyphenation: hu‧lu

hulu (first-person possessive huluku, second-person possessive hulumu, third-person possessive hulunya)

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

   huluku sakit.

   My head hurts.

2. upstream
3. village
4. handle
5. beginning

• (head): kepala
• (village): desa, udik
• (handle): pegangan
• (beginning): awal, pangkal, permulaan

• (antonym(s) of “upstream”): hilir

• “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): /hulu/
• Rhymes: -ulu, -lu, -u

hulu (Jawi spelling هولو, plural hulu-hulu, informal 1st possessive huluku, 2nd possessive hulumu, 3rd possessive hulunya)

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 and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hulu”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[4], 2nd 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.