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kule
kula
nt acc pl of kula (noun); nt loc sg of kula (noun); masc acc pl of kula (noun); masc loc sg of kula (noun); …
- kula (nt): family; house; household; respectable family
- kula (nt): supporter; supporting family; lit. family
- kula (nt): species; type; genus; lit. family
- kulati (pr): obstructs; constrains
- kula (masc): name of an arahant monk; lit. family
- kula (adj): belonging to a family; born in a household; lit. family
Built from
- ku — root · hollow, empty
From Proto-Indo-European *keu- "to swell, bend", the hollow or curved form; cognate with English "hollow", Latin "cavus", and Sanskrit kuha. The concrete image of a hollow container becomes the social container of family and house.
- la — ending · agent/noun suffix
A derivational suffix that forms nouns from roots, turning the verbal action into a concrete entity. Here it transforms the root into a noun designating the household or lineage as a formed group.
Etymology. Root ku- (to be empty, hollow; cognate with English "hollow", Latin "cavus", and Sanskrit kuha "where") + la (suffix forming agent nouns). Originally "that which is hollowed out or formed", hence a formed group or family. The spatial sense of an interior hollow space (a house or lineage as a containing structure) underlies the meaning.