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

ulu (plural ulus or uluit)

1. An all-purpose knife traditionally used by Yup'ik, Inuit, and Aleut women.

From Hawaiian ʻulu.

ulu

1. (Hawaii) Breadfruit

From Malay ulu.

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈuːluː/

ulu (comparative more ulu, superlative most ulu)

1. (colloquial, Singapore) Remote; deserted
   • 2007, Neil Humphreys, Complete Notes from Singapore: The Omnibus Edition, page 157:

     Sembawang Park is considered to be one of the country's most ulu spots because of its comparative isolation, and it was almost empty.

   • 2009, Jean Tay, Boom, Epigram Books, →ISBN, Act I, scene xii, page 51:

     Just pretend you're walking in a more ulu part of Botanic Gardens.

• Luu

From Common Turkic *ulug.

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: u‧lu

ulu

1. great (magnificent)
2. great (degree of kinship)

   ulu baba ― great-grandfather

3. ancient

   Synonym: qədim

4. (linguistics, genetics) proto-

   ulu dil ― proto-language

• “ulu” in Obastan.com.

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• IPA^(key): /ulu/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ulu
• Hyphenation: u‧lu

ulu inan

1. bay

• ulu egin

• badia
• ereinotz
• erramu
• zaunka

• “ulu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “ulu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

From Pre-Chamorro *ʔulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *qulu.

ulu

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

From Lower Chinook ulu, a noun meaning hunger in the Lower Chinook language.

ulu

1. hungry

From Common Turkic *ulug. Cognate to Kumyk уллу (ullu), Karachay-Balkar уллу (ullu), etc.

ulu

1. big, large

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

ulu

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

Borrowed from English wool.

• IPA^(key): /ʔúː.lù/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

ūlù m (possessed form ūlùn)

1. wool
2. wool thread

• (wool): wul

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.lu/

From Proto-Polynesian *qulu.

ulu

1. growth
2. grove
3. flock

• ulu hōkū

ulu

1. (intransitive) to grow

From Proto-Polynesian *huru (compare with Maori uru, Tahitian uru, Samoan ulu, Tongan hū all “to enter”)^[1] from Proto-Oceanic *huru (compare with Fijian curu (“to enter”)) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *surup (“enter, penetrate”) – compare with Malay surup (“to possess”) and Javanese surup (“ibid., to enter”), Malay serap (“to absorb”), Tagalog sulop (“to seep, to penetrate”).^[2][3]

ulu

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

From Proto-Malayic *hulu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *qulu.

IPA^(key): /u.lʊ/

ulu

1. handle of a weapon or tools

   Ulu sengayuh ― Shaft of the paddle

   Ulu duku ― Haft of the bush-knife

2. upstream; inland
3. clue of a riddle

ulu

1. to guide; to lead

   Uluka iya aku ngagai tuchung Bukit Sibau.

   He led me to the crest of Mount Sibau

2. to accompany

   Alai Wat, uluka Igat betemu enggau kepala pengajar.

   Come on, Wat, accompany Igat to meet the headmaster.

ulu

1. someone

ulu

1. Latin spelling of ᐅᓗ (olo)

ulu

1. Romanization of ꦲꦸꦭꦸ

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

ulu

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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu.

ulu

1. head

From Proto-South Sulawesi *ulu, From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *quluh.

• IPA^(key):

ulu (Lontara spelling ᨕᨘᨒᨘ)

1. (anatomy) head

ulu

1. Dated spelling of hulu (“upriver; head”).

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

ulu

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.lu/
• Rhymes: -ulu
• Syllabification: u‧lu

ulu m

1. locative/vocative singular of ul

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

ulu

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

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

• IPA^(key):

ulu

1. (stative) to be slack (of rope, etc.)

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From Ottoman Turkish اولو (ulu, “great, big, large”), from Common Turkic *ulug.

• IPA^(key): /uˈɫu/,
• Rhymes: -ɫʊ
• Hyphenation: u‧lu

• Audio:

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ulu (definite accusative uluyu, plural ulular)

1. elder

   Synonym: büyük

   Boy uluları söylentileri doğrulamak için arkın çevresine bakındılar.

   Tribe elders checked around the canal in order to confirm the rumors.

ulu

1. grand, great, lofty, sublime

   Synonyms: yüce, büyük

   Ulu babamız, bizi işit ve bize hayır eyle.

   Our great father, hear us and do us good.

• “ulu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ulu”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

From ù- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ lù (“to beat”). Literally, “that which is beaten”.

• IPA^(key): /ù.lù/

ùlù

1. (Ekiti, Ijesha) Alternative form of ìlù (“drum, percussion”)

Cognate with Yoruba ìlú

• IPA^(key): /ù.lú/

ùlú

1. (Ekiti, Ijebu, Ijesha, Ikalẹ, Ondo, Ọwọ) city, town, country

   Ọba òun ùjòyè wà núlùú. ― The monarch and the chiefs are in the city. (Ìjẹ̀bú)

• ùloòyìnbó (“The Western world”)