ulas

See also: Ulas, ULAs, ULAS, Ulaş, and -ulas

Azerbaijani

Alternative forms

• vələs

Noun

ulas (definite accusative ulası, plural ulaslar)

1. hornbeam; Carpinus betulus

Declension

Declension of ulas

	singular	plural
nominative	ulas	ulaslar
definite accusative	ulası	ulasları
dative	ulasa	ulaslara
locative	ulasda	ulaslarda
ablative	ulasdan	ulaslardan
definite genitive	ulasın	ulasların

Possessive forms of ulas

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	ulasım	ulaslarım
sənin (“your”)	ulasın	ulasların
onun (“his/her/its”)	ulası	ulasları
bizim (“our”)	ulasımız	ulaslarımız
sizin (“your”)	ulasınız	ulaslarınız
onların (“their”)	ulası or ulasları	ulasları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	ulasımı	ulaslarımı
sənin (“your”)	ulasını	ulaslarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	ulasını	ulaslarını
bizim (“our”)	ulasımızı	ulaslarımızı
sizin (“your”)	ulasınızı	ulaslarınızı
onların (“their”)	ulasını or ulaslarını	ulaslarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	ulasıma	ulaslarıma
sənin (“your”)	ulasına	ulaslarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	ulasına	ulaslarına
bizim (“our”)	ulasımıza	ulaslarımıza
sizin (“your”)	ulasınıza	ulaslarınıza
onların (“their”)	ulasına or ulaslarına	ulaslarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	ulasımda	ulaslarımda
sənin (“your”)	ulasında	ulaslarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	ulasında	ulaslarında
bizim (“our”)	ulasımızda	ulaslarımızda
sizin (“your”)	ulasınızda	ulaslarınızda
onların (“their”)	ulasında or ulaslarında	ulaslarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	ulasımdan	ulaslarımdan
sənin (“your”)	ulasından	ulaslarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	ulasından	ulaslarından
bizim (“our”)	ulasımızdan	ulaslarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	ulasınızdan	ulaslarınızdan
onların (“their”)	ulasından or ulaslarından	ulaslarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	ulasımın	ulaslarımın
sənin (“your”)	ulasının	ulaslarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	ulasının	ulaslarının
bizim (“our”)	ulasımızın	ulaslarımızın
sizin (“your”)	ulasınızın	ulaslarınızın
onların (“their”)	ulasının or ulaslarının	ulaslarının

Further reading

• “ulas” in Obastan.com.

Calamian Tagbanwa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *hulas (“sweat; perspiration”).

Noun

ulas

1. sweat

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔuˈlas/ [ʔuˈl̪as]
• Hyphenation: u‧las

Noun

ulás (Basahan spelling ᜂᜎᜐ᜔)

1. rattan

   Synonym: huyo

Dupaningan Agta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *uləs (“blanket”).

Noun

ulás

1. blanket

Etymology 2

Noun

ulás

1. device made of tubular rattan split down the center to the midline with a rock wedged in for making fire

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈulas/ [ˈu.las]
• Rhymes: -ulas
• Syllabification: u‧las

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay ulas (“covering, wrapper”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quləs, from Proto-Austronesian *quləs (“clothing”).

Noun

ulas (plural ulas-ulas)

1. (probably dated) covering, wrapper

   Synonym: sarung

2. (probably dated)case, cover, envelope, slip, wrapper.

   Synonym: sarung

3. (probably dated) bark, rind

   Synonym: selubung

4. (probably dated) husk
5. (probably dated) peel.

   Synonym: kulit

6. (probably dated) section, segment (of a fruit)

   Synonyms: ira, pangsa

Derived terms

• berulas
• mengulas
• mengulasi
• seulas
• ulasan

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

ulas (active mengulas, passive diulas, imperative ulas, emphatic-jussive ulaslah)

1. to comment (on)

   Synonyms: berkomentar, mengulas

2. to review.

   Synonyms: mengulas, meninjau

3. to interpret

   Synonym: menafsir

4. to explain.

   Synonym: menjelaskan

5. to analyze.

   Synonym: menganalisis

Derived terms

• berulas
• mengulas
• mengulasi
• seulas
• ulasan

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?].

Noun

ulas (plural ulas-ulas)

1. continuation, extension, sequel.

   Synonym: sambungan

Derived terms

• berulas
• diulas
• mengulas
• pengulas
• pengulasan
• perulasan
• ulasan

Etymology 4

Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from an unknown substrate language”) Doublet of elus

Verb

ulas (active mengulas, passive diulas, imperative ulas, emphatic-jussive ulaslah)

1. to caress, to fondle, to stroke

Derived terms

• mengulas-ulas

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Lawangan [Term?] (Benuaq).

Verb

ulas (active mengulas, passive diulas, imperative ulas, emphatic-jussive ulaslah)

1. to give offerings to spirits

Further reading

• “ulas”, 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

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔulas/ [ˈʔuː.lʌs]
  • Rhymes: -ulas
• (parts of Bauko, Sabangan and Tadian) IPA^(key): /ˈʔulah/ [ˈʔuː.lʌh]
  • Rhymes: -ulah
• (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA^(key): /ˈʔuras/ [ˈʔuː.rʌs]
  • Rhymes: -uras
• Syllabification: u‧las

Noun

úlas

1. alternative form of olas

Derived terms

• ulasan

Kapampangan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *uləs (“blanket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuləs/ [ˈuː.ləs]
• Hyphenation: u‧las

Noun

úlas

1. blanket

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

ulas

1. hour

Noun

ulás

1. sugarcane

Malay

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quləs, from Proto-Austronesian *quləs (“clothing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈulas/
• Rhymes: -las, -as

Noun

ulas (Jawi spelling اولس, plural ulas-ulas)

1. (kain~) cover, wrapper

   Synonyms: kelubung, sampul, sarung

2. peel (of a fruit, grain, etc.)

   Synonym: kulit

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• mengulas [agent focus] (meN-)
• mengulasi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• diulas [patient focus] (di-)
• diulasi [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• berulas [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: ulas

Etymology 2

Likely related to Etymology 1. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ulas (Jawi spelling اولس, plural ulas-ulas)

1. clove (one division of a compound bulb such as garlic)
2. section, segment (a part divided or cut off)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• berulas [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• berulas-berulas [stative / habitual + reduplication] (beR- + redup)

Descendants

• Indonesian: ulas

Classifier

ulas (singular seulas)

1. Classifier for flesh-coated seeds of fruits.

   seulas durian ― a pip of durian

   seulas oren ― a segment of orange

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “اولس oelas”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 33
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “اولس ulas”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 59
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “ulas”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 628

Etymology 3

Likely by extension from sense of "peel" in Etymology 1– compare with verb kuliti derived from kulit, and kupas.

Verb

ulas (Jawi spelling اولس)

1. to comment

   Synonym: komen

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pengulas [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pengulasan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• ulasan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• mengulas [agent focus] (meN-)
• diulas [patient focus] (di-)
• terulas [agentless action] (teR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• juruulas

Descendants

• Indonesian: ulas

Further reading

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