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.

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)

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic, from Proto-Turkic.

Adjective

ulu (comparative daha ulu, superlative en ulu)

  1. supreme, great, holy
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