ulumak

Meaning

to howl

Concepts

howl

scream

😱

yowl

ululate

Synonyms

bağırmak

inlemek

dâhi

feryat etmek

haykırmak

miyavlamak

uğuldamak

ürümek

büyük

Translations

heulen

hurler

jaulen

ουρλιάζω

brüllen

schreien

mugir

ululare

brullen

jammern

gritar

miauler

crier

râler

θρηνολογώ

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: اولومق

Cognate with Korean: 울다

Cognate with Mongolian: улих

Cognate with Old Uighur:

Cognate with Azerbaijani: ulamaq

Cognate with Bashkir: олоу

Cognate with Chuvash: ӑлахма

Cognate with Kazakh: ұлу

Cognate with Kyrgyz: улуу

Cognate with Tuvinian: улуур

Cognate with Uzbek: ulimoq

Cognate with Yakut: улуй

Cognate with English: ululate

In summary

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”), Chuvash ӑлах (ălah, “to neigh”), Kazakh ұлу (ūlu, “to howl, whine”), Kyrgyz улуу (uluu, “to howl”), Tuvan улуур (uluur, “to howl”), Uzbek ulimoq (“to howl”), Yakut улуй (uluy, “to howl”), Gagauz uulamaa, Turkmen uwlamak.
May also be of imitative origin. Compare English ululate.