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uli

Pronunciation: /ʔuˈliʔ/

“uli” is a Tagalog word. Its 8 meanings in English:

adverb

  1. again; once more

noun

  1. act of giving back or returning something borrowed or taken from some place
  2. act of returning, reverting, or restoring to a former state
  3. act of returning home
  4. act of readjusting one's bones
  5. act of wandering about; act of vagabonding
  6. act of reselling for the same price
  7. kauri (Agathis dammara)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *ulíq (“return, restore”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uliq (“return home; return something; restore, repair; repeat; motion to and from”). Doublet of uwi. Compare muli and ulit.

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