ulu

[ oo-loo ]

/ ˈu lu /

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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 Inuit or Yupik women.

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Origin of ulu

From Inuit

Words nearby ulu

ultraviolet microscope, ultraviolet radiation, ultra vires, ultravirus, ultrawideband, ulu, Ulúa, ululant, ululate, ululation, Ulundi

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.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.