ulu
English
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A West Greenlandic ulu.
An Alaskan ulu.
Noun
- An all-purpose knife traditionally used by Yup'ik, Inuit, and Aleut women.
- Anglicized spelling of ʻulu (Hawaiian for breadfruit)
- "'Ulu' in Hawaiian, breadfruit is a starchy canoe plant that once grew in larger numbers on Kauai."- New NTBG book guides gardeners on how to work with ulu, The Garden Island Newspaper (June 29, 2018)
Translations
Chamorro
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *qulu.
Fijian
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *ulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *qulu.
Hausa
Hawaiian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Polynesian *ʻulu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sulur.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Polynesian *huru (compare Maori uru), from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *surup (compare Javanese surup).
Ido
Inuktitut
Limos Kalinga
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *qulu.
Matigsalug Manobo
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *qulu.
Turkish
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic [Term?].
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