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Awelcome awaddle.
I am aware of "ululate", describing (principally) the wail of grieving Arab women; here are a couple of definitions:
http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/archive/2000/08/04.html
ululate \UL-yuh-layt; YOOL-\, intransitive verb:
To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals.
He had often dreamed of his grieving family visiting his grave, ululating as only the relatives of martyrs may.
--Edward Shirley, Know Thine Enemy: A Spy's Journey into Revolutionary Iran
She wanted to be on the tarmac, to ululate and raise her hands to the heavens.
--Deborah Sontag, "Palestinian Airport Opens to Jubilation," New York Times, November 25, 1998
http://www.bartleby.com/62/45/U1584500.html
VERB:
1. To utter or emit a long, mournful, plaintive sound: bay, howl, moan, wail, yowl.
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