wula

See also: wūla

Bambara

Noun

wula

1. afternoon, between 2pm and sunset

Iwaidja

Etymology

From Proto-Iwaidjan *wula; cognate with Maung wula.

Noun

wula

1. earthquake

Kambera

Alternative forms

• wulang

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

wula

1. moon

   wula tambulu ― full/new moon (literally, “sunken moon”)

   wula kahibit ― waning moon (literally, “diminishing moon”)

   wula kameti ― dark moon (literally, “dead moon”)

2. month

Derived terms

• wulang hau (“January”)
• wulang dàmbu (“February”)
• wulang tailu (“March”)
• wulang patu (“April”)
• wulang lima (“May”)
• wulang nomu (“June”)
• wulang pitu (“July”)
• wulang walu (“August”)
• wulang hiwa (“September”)
• wulang hakambulu (“October”)
• wulang hakambulu hau (“November”)
• wulang hakambulu dàmbu (“December”)

References

• Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 135

Lindu

Noun

wula

1. moon

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• hula (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈula/

Noun

wula

1. inflection of wul:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative dual

Mori Bawah

Noun

wula

1. moon

References

• The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (2013, →ISBN), page 695-6

Nyulnyul

Noun

wula

1. water

References

• Claire Bowern, A Grammar of Bardi (2012, →ISBN), page 11 (in notes)

Palu'e

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

wula

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)

Yawuru

Noun

wula

1. water

References

• Yawuru Ngan-Ga: A Phrasebook of the Yawuru Language (1998)