ulu

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English

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A West Greenlandic ulu.
An Alaskan ulu.

Etymology 1

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

Noun

ulu (plural ulus or uluit)

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

Etymology 2

Hawaiian ʻulu.

Noun

ulu

  1. (Hawaii) Breadfruit

Etymology 3

From Malay ulu.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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.

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Common Turkic *ulug.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

Further reading

  • “ulu” in Obastan.com.

Basque

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Noun

ulu inan

  1. bay

Derived terms

See also

Chamorro

Etymology

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

Noun

ulu

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

Chinook Jargon

Etymology

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

Adjective

ulu

  1. hungry

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

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

Adjective

ulu

  1. big, large

References

https://classes.ru/all-crtatar/dictionary-crtatar-russian-cyr-term-12056.htm

Fijian

Etymology

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

Noun

ulu

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

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English wool.

Pronunciation

Noun

ūlù m (possessed form ūlùn)

  1. wool
  2. wool thread

Synonyms

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qulu.

Noun

ulu

  1. growth
  2. grove
  3. flock
Derived terms

Verb

ulu

  1. (intransitive) to grow

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *surup (“enter, penetrate”).

Verb

ulu

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

Iban

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /u.lʊ/

Noun

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

Verb

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.

Ido

Pronoun

ulu

  1. someone

Inuktitut

Noun

ulu

  1. Latin spelling of ᐅᓗ (olo)

Javanese

Romanization

ulu

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦸꦭꦸ

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

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

Noun

ulu

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

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu.

Noun

ulu

  1. head

Makasar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

ulu (Lontara spelling ᨕᨘᨒᨘ)

  1. (anatomy) head

Malay

Adjective

ulu

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

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/
  • Rhymes: -ulu
  • Syllabification: u‧lu

Noun

ulu m

  1. locative/vocative singular of ul

Pukapukan

Etymology

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

Noun

ulu

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

Further reading

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

ulu

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of ulu
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st toulu foulu miulu
2nd noulu niulu
3rd Masculine oulu iulu, youlu†
Feminine moulu
Neuter iulu
† - archaic

References

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

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

ulu

  1. (dated) grand, great, supreme, holy
    Synonyms: yüce, büyük
    Ulu babamız, bizi işit ve bize hayır eyle
    Our great father, hear and us and do us good

Yoruba

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

ùlù

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

Etymology 2

Cognate with Yoruba ìlú

Pronunciation

Noun

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)
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