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Definitions and meaning of ulu

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

  • (Singapore) IPA(key): [ˈu˧.lu˦]

Adjective

ulu (comparative more ulu, superlative most ulu)

  1. (colloquial, Singapore) Remote; deserted

Anagrams

  • Luu

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Common Turkic *ulug.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [uˈɫu]
  • Hyphenation: u‧lu

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

Noun

ulu inan

  1. bay

Derived terms

  • ulu egin

See also

  • badia
  • ereinotz
  • erramu
  • zaunka

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

  • IPA(key): /ʔúː.lù/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔúː.lɪ̀]

Noun

ūlù m (possessed form ūlùn)

  1. wool
  2. wool thread

Synonyms

  • (wool): wul

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qulu.

Noun

ulu

  1. growth
  2. grove
  3. flock
Derived terms
  • ulu hōkū

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
  2. to accompany

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

  • IPA(key): [ˈulu]

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

  • Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈu.lu]

Verb

ulu

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

Conjugation

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

  • IPA(key): /uˈɫʊ/, [uˈɫ̪ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ɫʊ
  • Hyphenation: u‧lu

Adjective

ulu

  1. (dated) grand, great, supreme, holy
    Synonyms: yüce, büyük

Yoruba

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ù.lù/

Noun

ùlù

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

Etymology 2

Cognate with Yoruba ìlú

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ù.lú/

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)
Derived terms
  • ùloòyìnbó (“The Western world”)

Source: wiktionary.org