Contionary:julei

Soc'ul'

Wacag logograph

Etymology

From Sekhulla huləi, from Wascotl *sole-i. The meaning "rising tone" is a calque of Knrawi huiuvaí. Doublet of jul

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xʷu˧lə˧j]

Noun

julei 5 (plural/indefinite ez'e julei)

1. (linguistics) rising tone

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Verb

julei ᴀᴄᴄ

1. to grind, to crush

   Coxxeý coxjulei hez'i laz ñua.

   You must crush the rice thoroughly.

2. to wrinkle, to shrivel

   Julei heit ez'e humuz muz jenad eý.

   He wrinkled after resting for a while in the lake.

3. to lessen, to reduce

   Seccuj, cozjulei ez'e aí av r'ez socmezax.

   Please reduce your yelling or we will kick you out.

Usage notes

The sense to lessen, to reduce is generally used for physical countable nouns. For abstract or uncountable nouns see tumjíax

Adjective

julei

1. ground, crushed

   Nuc' coxmeýu miula julei ā?

   May you buy some crushed herbs?

Synonyms

(ground, crushed):

• juleiad

(to lessen, to reduce):

• tumjíax