[ˈwʊɫ.wa], [ˈvul.va]
OriginFrom Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”). Cognates include Sanskrit उल्ब (ulba).
Compare typologically vīscus (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weys-).
- declension-1, femininethe womb
“Nīl melius turdō, nīl vulvā pulchrius amplā.” — (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Medieval-Latin, declension-1, femininethe vagina (the external orifice of the female reproductive tract)
“Holonyms: verētrum, muliebria, pudenda, verenda, genitālia, partēs, membra, nātūra”
Formsvulvae(genitive) · vulva(nominative, singular) · vulvae(nominative, plural) · vulvae(genitive, singular) · vulvārum(genitive, plural) · vulvae(dative, singular) · vulvīs(dative, plural) · vulvam(accusative, singular) · vulvās(accusative, plural) · vulvā(ablative, singular) · vulvīs(ablative, plural) · vulva(singular, vocative) · vulvae(plural, vocative) · volva(alternative) · vulba(alternative) · bulba(alternative)
Source: Wiktionary