Etymology Explorer
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Where does “uli” come from?
uli (Bikol Central) comes from Proto-Philippine *ulíq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uliq.
Ancestry of “uli”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Philippine
*ulíq
—
2
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
*uliq
—
Words derived from “uli”
pauli
i-uli
mag-uli
uli-uli
ulian
urulian
mag-uli-uli
magpauli
paulion
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