# ulu
## English
### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

ulu (plural ulus or uluit)
* An all-purpose knife traditionally used by Yup'ik, Inuit, and Aleut women.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Hawaiian ʻulu.

#### Noun

ulu
* (Hawaii) Breadfruit

### Etymology 3

From Malay ulu.

#### Pronunciation

* (Singapore) IPA: /ˈuːluː/

#### Adjective

ulu (comparative more ulu, superlative most ulu)
* (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.

### Anagrams

* Luu

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Proto-Common Turkic *ulug.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [uˈɫu]
* Hyphenation: u‧lu

### Adjective

ulu
* great (magnificent)
* great (degree of kinship)
    ulu baba ― great-grandfather
* ancient
    Synonym: qədim
* (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: /ulu/ [u.lu]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ulu, -u
* Hyphenation: u‧lu

### Noun

ulu inan
* bay

#### Derived terms

* ulu egin

#### See also

* badia
* ereinotz
* erramu
* zaunka

### 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

## Chamorro
### Etymology

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

### Noun

ulu
* (anatomy) head (part of the body)

## Chinook Jargon
### Etymology

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

### Adjective

ulu
* hungry

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

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

### Adjective

ulu
* 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
* (anatomy) head (part of the body)

## Hausa
### Etymology

Borrowed from English wool.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

ūlù m (possessed form ūlùn)
* wool
* wool thread

#### Synonyms

* (wool): wul

## Hawaiian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈu.lu/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qulu.

#### Noun

ulu
* growth
* grove
* flock

##### Derived terms

* ulu hōkū

#### Verb

ulu
* (intransitive) to grow

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *huru (compare with Maori uru, Tahitian uru, Samoan ulu, Tongan hū all “to enter”) 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”).

#### Verb

ulu
* (intransitive) to inspire; to be possessed by a god

### References

* ↑ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ulu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, pages 368-9
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “huru.a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 272

## Iban
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

IPA: /u.lʊ/

### Noun

ulu
* handle of a weapon or tools
    Ulu sengayuh ― Shaft of the paddle
    Ulu duku ― Haft of the bush-knife
* upstream; inland
* clue of a riddle

### Verb

ulu
* to guide; to lead
    Uluka iya aku ngagai tuchung Bukit Sibau.He led me to the crest of Mount Sibau
* to accompany
    Alai Wat, uluka Igat betemu enggau kepala pengajar.Come on, Wat, accompany Igat to meet the headmaster.

## Ido
### Pronoun

ulu
* someone

## Inuktitut
### Noun

ulu
* Latin spelling of ᐅᓗ (olo)

## Javanese
### Romanization

ulu
* Romanization of ꦲꦸꦭꦸ

## Limos Kalinga
### Etymology

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

### Noun

ulu
* (anatomy) head (part of the body)

## Maguindanao
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu.

### Noun

ulu
* head

## Makasar
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈulu]

### Noun

ulu (Lontara spelling ᨕᨘᨒᨘ)
* (anatomy) head

## Malay
### Adjective

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

## Matigsalug Manobo
### Etymology

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

### Noun

ulu
* (anatomy) head (part of the body)

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈu.lu/
* Rhymes: -ulu
* Syllabification: u‧lu

### Noun

ulu m
* 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
* (anatomy) head (part of the body)

### Further reading

* Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈu.lu]

### Verb

ulu
* (stative) to be slack (of rope, etc.)

#### 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 Proto-Common Turkic *ulug.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uˈɫu/, [uˈɫ̪ʊ]
* Rhymes: -ɫʊ
* Hyphenation: u‧lu
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ulu (definite accusative uluyu, plural ulular)
* elder
    Synonym: büyük
    Boy uluları söylentileri doğrulamak için arkın çevresine bakındılar.Tribe elders checked around the canal in order to confirm the rumors.

#### Declension
### Adjective

ulu
* grand, great, lofty, sublime
    Synonyms: yüce, büyük
    Ulu babamız, bizi işit ve bize hayır eyle.Our great father, hear us and do us good.

#### Declension

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

### Further reading

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

## Yoruba
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ù.lù/

#### Noun

ùlù
* (Ekiti, Ijesha) Alternative form of ìlù (“drum, percussion”)

### Etymology 2

Cognate with Yoruba ìlú

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ù.lú/

#### Noun

ùlú
* (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”)