ulula.
tawny owl;
Meaning & usage
screech owl (Tyto alba), tawny owl (Strix aluco)
Where this word comes from
From an imitative reduplicated root, perhaps ultimately Proto-Indo-European *(H)ulu(l)- (“to cry out, howl; owl”). Compare Sanskrit उलूक (ulūka, “owl”), sometimes also compared to Hittite 𒄷𒉿𒆷𒀸 (ḫu-wa-la-aš, “a kind of bird: owl?”) and Proto-Germanic *uwwulǭ (“owl”), though these may all be independent onomatopoeias. More at ululō (“howl, screech”). Compare also upupa.
second-person singular present active imperative of ululō
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