# ul
## English
### Noun

ul (plural uls)
* (computing) Alternative form of UL (“upload”)

### Verb

ul (third-person singular simple present uls, present participle uling, simple past and past participle uled)
* (computing) Alternative form of UL (“upload”)

### Anagrams

* LU, Lu, Lù, Lú, Lü, lu

## Akkadian
### Etymology

Probably from 𒅇 (u) + 𒆷𒀀 (lā), thus corresponding to Biblical Hebrew וְלֹא (wə-loʔ). Compare also Biblical Hebrew אַל (ʔal).

### Pronunciation

* (Old Babylonian) IPA: /ul/

### Particle

ul
* (negation) not (in main clauses)
    𒀀𒅗𒀠 𒀀𒇷𒅎 𒌑𒌌 𒉌𒄷𒊻[akal ālim ul nīḫuz]a-ka-al a-li-im u₂-ul ni-ḫu-uzWe did not take the food of the town.

#### Alternative forms

* ula (Old Akkadian, Old Assyrian, Old Babylonian)

### References

* “ul”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011

## Albanian

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### Alternative forms

* unj

### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *wala, from *wol-o-, o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“press together”) (compare Lithuanian valýti (“to clean”), Ancient Greek εἰλέω (eiléō, “press together”)). Variant unj is from *ulnj, from Proto-Albanian *walnja, a causative of the previous.

### Verb

ul (aorist ula, participle ulur)
* to sit down, put (someone/something) on a seat (or on the ground)
    Ulem.I'm sitting down (I'm taking a seat). (mediopassive)
* to lower, put down
    Ilir, uli krahët.Ilir, put your arms down.
* to bend, tilt down
* to seat; land an airplane
* to decrease, reduce, diminish
* to close
    uli sytëclose your eyes
* to pull down (a skirt or shirt, clothes in general)
* (figurative) to demote; degrade, debase

#### Conjugation

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#### Synonyms

* lëshoj
* poshtëroj

#### Antonyms

* ngrihem, ngre
* çohem, çoj
* ngjitem
* ngrihem
* rritet, rris, rrit

#### Derived terms

* ulët
* ulur (participle)
* ulem (mediopassive)
* përul

#### Related terms

* mbyll
* përkulem

### Further reading

* verb "ul" (engl.: lower, put down) • "Fjalor Shqip" (Albanian Dictionary)

## Angguruk Yali
### Noun

ul
* ash

### References

* Christiaan Fahner, The morphology of Yali and Dani (1979), page 156

## Breton
### Article

ul
* a/an

#### See also

* un
* ur

## Kabyle
### Etymology

From Proto-Berber *ulβ, from Proto-Afroasiatic *lib- (“heart”).

### Noun

ul m (construct wul, plural ulawen, construct plural wulawen)
* heart

## Livonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hullu. Cognates include Finnish hullu.

### Adjective

ul
* crazy
* wild

#### Declension
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

Probably related to hyl.

#### Noun

ul m (definite singular ulen, indefinite plural ular, definite plural ulane)
* a howl

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ul
* imperative of ula

### Etymology 3
#### Adjective

ul (neuter ult, definite singular and plural ule, comparative ulare, indefinite superlative ulast, definite superlative ulaste)
* half-rotten

##### Related terms

* ulna

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ulьjь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈul/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ul
* Syllabification: ul

### Noun

ul m inan
* hive, beehive
* (slang) prison

#### Declension
### References

* Fortescue, M., Vajda, E. (2022) Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 257: “ul”

### Further reading

* ul in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* ul in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Somali
### Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Afar ilo and Oromo ulee.

### Noun

ul ?
* stick

## Tuareg
### Alternative forms

* ulh (Tamasheq)

### Etymology

From Proto-Berber *ulβ, from Proto-Afroasiatic *lib- (“heart”).

### Noun

ul m (plural ulawen)
* (Tamahaq) heart

## West Flemish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /øl/
* Rhymes: -øl

### Noun

ul m (plural uls, diminutive ulletje)
* lid (top or cover of a container)