ulu

[ oo-loo ]

noun
  1. a knife with a broad, nearly semicircular blade joined to a short haft at a right angle to the unsharpened side: a traditional tool of Inuit or Yupik women.

Origin of ulu

1
From Inuit

Words Nearby ulu

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How to use ulu in a sentence

  • Such fire-balls, shot into the sun-dried canvas of the clipper, might go far towards leaving her bones ableach on ulu Salama.

    Cursed | George Allan England
  • Careful inspection through the glass confirmed the opinion that a formidable war-fleet was headed toward ulu Salama bar.

    Cursed | George Allan England
  • A rival company then repeated the pi-ulu, with some additions; the gourds were again filled and emptied.

    Summer Cruising in the South Seas | Charles Warren Stoddard
  • From this horrible draught, swallowed in the ecstasy of triumph, Kau-ulu-fonua earned his surname of Fekai (the Cannibal).

    Savage Island | Basil C. Thomson
  • "ulu Chan" means "great lord," "ulu" being equal to the Latin magnus, and "chan" to dominus or imperator.