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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ulu"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Uma' Lung.

Symbol

ulu

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Uma' Lung.

See also

English

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Etymology 1

Borrowed 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

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻulu.

Noun

ulu

  1. (Hawaii) Breadfruit

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Malay ulu.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ulu (comparative more ulu, superlative most ulu)

  1. (colloquial, Singlish) 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.

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Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-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

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ulu/ [u.lu]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ulu, -u
  • Hyphenation: u‧lu

Noun

ulu inan

  1. bay

Declension

More information indefinite, singular ...

Derived terms

  • ulu egin

See also

Further reading

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

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu. Doublet of uru.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ulu

  1. upstream

Further reading

  • Adul, M. Asfandi (1985), “ulu”, in Struktur Bahasa Bulungan‎, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

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 Proto-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

Hawaiian

Iban

Ido

Inuktitut

Javanese

Limos Kalinga

Maguindanao

Makasar

Malay

Matigsalug Manobo

Polish

Pukapukan

Ternate

Turkish

Yoruba

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