# kulu
## Bambara
### Noun

kulu (tone kùlu)
* hill, mountain, cliff

#### Derived terms

* kuluba
* kuluda
* kulunin
* kuluwo

### References

* Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010

## Chamicuro
### Noun

kulu
* nose

## Chichewa
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kʊ́dʊ́.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkú.ɽu/

### Adjective

-kúlu
* big
* great

## Finnish
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *kulu. Equivalent to kulua (“to wear, be spent”) +‎ -u.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkulu/, [ˈkulu]
* Rhymes: -ulu
* Hyphenation: ku‧lu

#### Noun

kulu
* (usually in the plural) expense, cost, expenditure
* (rare) worn out thing; worn out person

##### Declension

Possessive forms of kulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kuluni
kuluni
accusative
nom.
kuluni
kuluni
gen.
kuluni
genitive
kuluni
kulujeni
partitive
kuluani
kulujani
inessive
kulussani
kuluissani
elative
kulustani
kuluistani
illative
kuluuni
kuluihini
adessive
kulullani
kuluillani
ablative
kulultani
kuluiltani
allative
kululleni
kuluilleni
essive
kulunani
kuluinani
translative
kulukseni
kuluikseni
abessive
kuluttani
kuluittani
instructive
comitative
—kuluineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kulusi
kulusi
accusative
nom.
kulusi
kulusi
gen.
kulusi
genitive
kulusi
kulujesi
partitive
kuluasi
kulujasi
inessive
kulussasi
kuluissasi
elative
kulustasi
kuluistasi
illative
kuluusi
kuluihisi
adessive
kulullasi
kuluillasi
ablative
kulultasi
kuluiltasi
allative
kulullesi
kuluillesi
essive
kulunasi
kuluinasi
translative
kuluksesi
kuluiksesi
abessive
kuluttasi
kuluittasi
instructive
comitative
—kuluinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kulumme
kulumme
accusative
nom.
kulumme
kulumme
gen.
kulumme
genitive
kulumme
kulujemme
partitive
kuluamme
kulujamme
inessive
kulussamme
kuluissamme
elative
kulustamme
kuluistamme
illative
kuluumme
kuluihimme
adessive
kulullamme
kuluillamme
ablative
kulultamme
kuluiltamme
allative
kulullemme
kuluillemme
essive
kulunamme
kuluinamme
translative
kuluksemme
kuluiksemme
abessive
kuluttamme
kuluittamme
instructive
comitative
—kuluinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kulunne
kulunne
accusative
nom.
kulunne
kulunne
gen.
kulunne
genitive
kulunne
kulujenne
partitive
kuluanne
kulujanne
inessive
kulussanne
kuluissanne
elative
kulustanne
kuluistanne
illative
kuluunne
kuluihinne
adessive
kulullanne
kuluillanne
ablative
kulultanne
kuluiltanne
allative
kulullenne
kuluillenne
essive
kulunanne
kuluinanne
translative
kuluksenne
kuluiksenne
abessive
kuluttanne
kuluittanne
instructive
comitative
—kuluinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kulunsa
kulunsa
accusative
nom.
kulunsa
kulunsa
gen.
kulunsa
genitive
kulunsa
kulujensa
partitive
kuluaan kuluansa
kulujaan kulujansa
inessive
kulussaan kulussansa
kuluissaan kuluissansa
elative
kulustaan kulustansa
kuluistaan kuluistansa
illative
kuluunsa
kuluihinsa
adessive
kulullaan kulullansa
kuluillaan kuluillansa
ablative
kulultaan kulultansa
kuluiltaan kuluiltansa
allative
kululleen kulullensa
kuluilleen kuluillensa
essive
kulunaan kulunansa
kuluinaan kuluinansa
translative
kulukseen kuluksensa
kuluikseen kuluiksensa
abessive
kuluttaan kuluttansa
kuluittaan kuluittansa
instructive
comitative
—kuluineen kuluinensa :

##### Synonyms

* (one expenditure): kustannus

##### Derived terms

* ajankulu
* asumiskulu
* edustuskulut
* hankintakulut
* ikäkulu
* korjauskulu
* kuluerä
* kulukorvaus
* kunnossapitokulut
* lisäkulut
* lähetyskulut
* lämmityskulut
* lääkekulut
* matkakulu
* oheiskulu
* oikeudenkäyntikulu
* oikeudenkäyntikulut
* pakkauskulut
* palkkakulut
* perimiskulut
* perintäkulu
* piilokulu
* postikulut
* rahtikulut
* ruokakulut
* sairauskulut
* sivukulu
* toimituskulut
* valmistuskulu
* vuosikulu

#### Further reading

* “kulu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2025-01-14

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkuluˣ/, [ˈkulu(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ulu
* Hyphenation: ku‧lu

#### Verb

kulu
* inflection of kulua:
** present active indicative connegative
** second-person singular present imperative
** second-person singular present active imperative connegative

### Anagrams

* luku, ulku

## Hawaiian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Oceanic *turuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuduq, from Proto-Austronesian *tuduq (“to drip; to leak”).

#### Noun

kulu
* a drop
* a general name for distilled liquor
* (figurative) a disparaging term for a chief whose mother was said to be a commoner
* (in extension) dysentery; gonorrhea

#### Verb

kulu (transitive, intransitive)
* to drip; to leak
* to flow (as tears)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Oceanic *turus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *turus (“stake; free-standing post”).

#### Noun

kulu
* post; stick (timber used in houses)

##### Derived terms

* kūkulu

### References

* Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “kulu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

## Ingrian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *kulu, equivalent to kullua (“to spend”) +‎ -u. Cognates include Finnish kulu and Estonian kulu.

#### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈkulu/, [ˈkuɫu]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈkulu/, [ˈkuɫu]
* Rhymes: -ulu
* Hyphenation: ku‧lu

#### Noun

kulu
* expense

##### Synonyms

* mänö

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Estonian kulu. Doublet of kulo, the native equivalent.

#### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈkulu/, [ˈkuɫu]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈkulu/, [ˈkuɫu]
* Rhymes: -ulu
* Hyphenation: ku‧lu

#### Noun

kulu
* Synonym of kulo

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈkulu/, [ˈkuɫu]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈkulu/, [ˈkuɫu]
* Rhymes: -ulu
* Hyphenation: ku‧lu

#### Verb

kulu
* inflection of kullua:
** present indicative connegative
** second-person singular imperative
** second-person singular imperative connegative

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 217

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Probably related to kållå, a dialectal variant of kole (“fish oil lamp”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʉlʉ/

### Noun

kulu f
* (dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) A fire basket

#### Synonyms

* lysterkorg

## Sikaiana
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kulu.

### Noun

kulu
* breadfruit

## Tetum
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuluʀ, compare Malay kulur.

### Noun

kulu
* breadfruit

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʊˈlu/
* Hyphenation: ku‧lu

### Noun

kulu
* accusative singular of kul
* third-person singular possessive of kul

## Uneapa
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *kuluʀ with irregular loss of *ʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuluʀ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kulu/

### Noun

kulu
* breadfruit

### Further reading

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kuluR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
* Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kulu, equivalent to kuluda +‎ -u. Cognates include Finnish kulu.

### Adjective

kulu
* worn-out

#### Inflection
### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “изношенный”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika