ulu

See also: Ulu, ʻulu, 'ulu, and ulu-

English
A West Greenlandic ulu.
An Alaskan ulu.

Etymology

From Inuktitut ᐅᓗ (ulu, “woman's knife”).

Noun

ulu (plural ulus or uluit)

  1. An all-purpose knife traditionally used by Yup'ik, Inuit, and Aleut women.
  2. Anglicized spelling of ʻulu (Hawaiian for breadfruit)
    • "'Ulu' in Hawaiian, breadfruit is a starchy canoe plant that once grew in larger numbers on Kauai."- New NTBG book guides gardeners on how to work with ulu, The Garden Island Newspaper (June 29, 2018)

Translations

Anagrams

Basque

Noun

ulu

  1. bay

Derived terms
  • ulu egin

See also
  • badia
  • ereinotz
  • erramu
  • zaunka

Chamorro

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *qulu.

Noun

ulu

  1. (anatomy) head (part of the body)

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *ulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *qulu.

Noun

ulu

  1. (anatomy) head (part of the body)

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English wool.

Noun

ūlù m (possessed form ūlùn)

  1. wool
  2. wool thread

Synonyms

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *ʻulu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sulur.

Noun

ulu

  1. growth
  2. grove
  3. flock

Verb

ulu

  1. (intransitive) to grow

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *huru (compare Maori uru), from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *surup (compare Javanese surup).

Verb

ulu

  1. (intransitive) to inspire; to be possessed by a god

Ido

Pronoun

ulu

  1. someone

Inuktitut

Noun

ulu

  1. Latin spelling of ᐅᓗ (ulu)

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *qulu.

Noun

ulu

  1. (anatomy) head (part of the body)

Matigsalug Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *qulu.

Noun

ulu

  1. (anatomy) head (part of the body)

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈu.lu/

Noun

ulu m

  1. locative/vocative singular of ul

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic [Term?].

Adjective

ulu (comparative daha ulu, superlative en ulu)

  1. supreme, great, holy
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