ular

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• ularu

Etymology

From oalã +‎ -ar or from Late Latin ollārius, from Latin olla. Compare Romanian olar.

Noun

ular m (plural ulari)

1. potter

Synonyms

• pucear
• stãmnar

Derived terms

• ulãrii / ulãrie

Further reading

• ular in DIXI online - Dictsiunar a limbãljei armãneascã (Dictionary of the Aromanian language)

Banjarese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ular, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hulaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *Sulaʀ (compare Malay ular).

Noun

ular

1. snake

   Synonym: tadung

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ular, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hulaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *Sulaʀ (compare Malay ular).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.lar/

Noun

ular

1. snake (animal)

Derived terms

• ular penalan
• ular sawa
• ular tadung

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ular, from Proto-Malayic *ular, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hulaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *Sulaʀ.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈular/ [ˈu.lar]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ular
• Syllabification: u‧lar

Noun

ular (plural ular-ular)

1. snake (legless reptile)

Alternative forms

• uler

Derived terms

• mengular
• ular-ular (“snakes”)
• ular-ularan

Compounds

• ular air (“water snake”)
• ular api (“blaze”)
• ular ari
• ular babi
• ular bakau
• ular bandotan puspa
• ular belang (“striped snake”)
• ular belerang
• ular birang
• ular bura
• ular cabai
• ular cecak
• ular cindai
• ular cintamani
• ular emas
• ular gadung
• ular genteng
• ular hijau (“green snake”)
• ular hitam (“black snake”)
• ular jali
• ular jelutung
• ular kadut
• ular kawat
• ular kembang
• ular kepala dua
• ular kisi
• ular kobra (“cobra”)
• ular koros
• ular lanang
• ular lidi
• ular mengiang
• ular minum
• ular pelangi (“rainbow snake”)
• ular picung
• ular pitar
• ular pucuk
• ular putih (“white snake, albino snake”)
• ular sanca
• ular sawa
• ular sawah
• ular senawan
• ular sendok
• ular seni
• ular serasah
• ular setu
• ular siput
• ular tali
• ular tambang
• ular tanah
• ular tangga
• ular tedung
• ular tedung senawan
• ular tentakel
• ular tikus

Further reading

• “ular”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ular, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hulaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *Sulaʀ.

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈular/ [ˈʔu.lar]
  • Rhymes: -ular
• (Kuala Lumpur-Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈula(r)/ [ˈʔu.la(r)]
  • Rhymes: -ula(r)
• (Kedah) IPA^(key): /ˈular/ [ˈʔu.lar]
  • Rhymes: -ular
• Syllabification: u‧lar

Noun

ular (Jawi spelling اولر, plural ular-ular)

1. snake, any legless reptile of the suborder Serpentes
2. (mythology, in compound) a snake-like monster, such as dragon or sea serpent
3. (figurative) someone that is subtle, treacherous, or deceiving
4. (slang, humorous) the penis

Verb

ular (Jawi spelling اولر)

2. (Malaysia, slang) informal form of mengular (“to slack off”)

   Synonyms: curi tulang, menuang

   • 2017 May 29, @MMY_muaz, Twitter‎^[1] (post):

     Kerja bulan puasa ni banyak ular dari kerja. Huhu

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2017 June 2, @danish_weyz, Twitter‎^[2] (post):

     tkde kerja ular la ape lagi

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2020 March 7, @MhmdMhmn_, Twitter‎^[3] (post):

     kerja ular sana ular sini, pastu kau nak complain increment kau sikit?!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Affixations

• mengular
• mengular-ular

Compounds

• ular besar (“sea serpent”)
• ular danu (“dragon, rainbow”)
• ular kapak (“viper”)
• ular laju (“racer”)
• ular laut (“sea snake”)
• ular lidi (“bronzeback”)
• ular naga (“sea serpent”)
• ular orok-orok (“rattlesnake”)
• ular sampah (“wolf snake”)
• ular sawa (“python”)
• ular tedung (“cobra”)

Descendants

• Indonesian: ular

Further reading

• "ular" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "ular" at PRPM first version)

Mandar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hulaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *Sulaʀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ular/

Noun

ular

1. snake

References

• Nadia Almira Sagitta (2016), Kamus Mandar-Indonesia‎^[4], page 24

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

ular

1. present of ula

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یولار (yular).

Noun

ùlār m inan (Cyrillic spelling у̀ла̄р)

1. halter (horse equipment)

See also

• úzde (“bridle, reins”)
• pòvodac (“leash, lead”)

References

• Blau, Otto (1868), Bosnisch-türkische Sprachdenkmäler‎^[5], Berlin: F. A. Brockhaus, page 27

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hulaʀ. Compare Malay ular.

Noun

ular

1. worm

Uzbek

Other scripts

Arabic	Afghan Uzbek	اولر
	Yangi Imlo	ئۇلەر
Cyrillic		улар
Latin		ular

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai اولار (ʾwlʾr), from Proto-Turkic *o-lar. By surface analysis, u (“that; he/she/it”) +‎ -lar (plural suffix). Cognate with Uyghur ئۇلار / ular / улар. Compare also Azerbaijani and Turkish onlar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔʊ.lar/, [ʔʊ̈.la̽r]
• Hyphenation: u‧lar

Pronoun

ular (plural)

1. (distal demonstrative) those

   Antonym: bular

2. (personal) they

See also

Uzbek personal pronouns

		nominative	accusative	genitive	dative	locative	ablative
singular	1st person	men	meni	mening	menga	menda	mendan
	2nd person	sen	seni	sening	senga	senda	sendan
	3rd person	u	uni	uning	unga	unda	undan
plural	1st person	biz	bizni	bizning	bizga	bizda	bizdan
	2nd person	siz	sizni	sizning	sizga	sizda	sizdan
	3rd person	ular	ularni	ularning	ularga	ularda	ulardan