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ululation

Ululation (noun) means the act of ululating; a long, loud, wavering cry or howl.

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The act of ululating; a long, loud, wavering cry or howl.
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Etymology

] Borrowed from Latin ululātiō, from ululō (“to howl, shriek, yell”) (from a reduplicated Proto-Indo-European imitative root) + -ātiō (suffix forming nouns relating to some action or the result of an action) (from Proto-Indo-European *-tis (suffix forming abstract or action nouns from verb roots)). By surface analysis, ululate + -ion.

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"ululation" (noun) means the act of ululating; a long, loud, wavering cry or howl.

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