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ulumak

“ulumak” is a Turkish word. Its meaning in English:

verb

  1. to howl

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اولومق (ulumak, “to howl”), from Proto-Turkic *ūlï- (“to cry, howl”). Altaicists compare it to Korean 울다 (ulda, “to cry, weep, neigh”), Mongolian улих (ulix, “to yawn, howl, cry out”), but the Altaic theory is now widely discredited. Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (ulı-, “to cry noisily, howl”), Azerbaijani ulamaq (“to howl, wail”), Bashkir олоу (olow, “to howl”),…

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