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ulu

[ oo-loo ]
/ ˈu lu /

noun

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 Eskimo women.

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Origin of ulu

From Inuit

Words nearby ulu

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