улу

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ulug (“big, great”). Cognate with Karachay-Balkar уллу (ullu), Kyrgyz улуу (uluu), Tatar олы (olı), Khakas улуғ (uluğ), Shor улуғ, Western Yugur uluğ, Kumyk уллу (ullu), Karaim ulu, Turkmen uly, Turkish ulu (“great”).

Adjective

улу • (ulu)

  1. great
  2. big, large

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “улу”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

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