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umul

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Tausug

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عُمُر (ʕumur, age). Compare Malay umur and Classical Malay umur.

Pronunciation

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  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /ʔumul/ [ʔʊˈmul]
  • Rhymes: -ul
  • Syllabification: u‧mul

Noun

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umul (Sulat Sūg spelling اُمُلْ)

  1. age
    Pila in umul mu, Bata'?
    What's your age, Kid?
  2. (figurative) the end of one's life
    Bang aku panawn sin sundalu adlaw ini, umul ku na.
    If the soldiers come after me today that’s the end of my life.

Derived terms

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Tz'utujil

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Noun

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umul

  1. rabbit

Uspanteco

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Noun

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umul

  1. rabbit

References

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  • Leamos uspanteco: Kawitojtak kibꞌ chi rilic jwich wuj laj tzijbꞌal ajtilmit: En uspanteco y español[1] (overall work in Spanish and Uspanteco), ILV, 1998, page 4

Yakan

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Noun

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umul

  1. life