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PRONUNCIATION OF ULU

ulu  [ˈuːluː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ULU

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ulu is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ULU MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ulu

Ulu

An ulu is an all-purpose knife traditionally used by Yup'ik, Inuit, and Aleut women. It is utilized in applications as diverse as skinning and cleaning animals, cutting a child's hair, cutting food and, if necessary, trimming blocks of snow and ice used to build an igloo.

Definition of ulu in the English dictionary

The definition of ulu in the dictionary is a crescent-shaped knife chiefly used by Inuit women for skinning and cleaning fish.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ULU


blew
bluː
blue
bluː
clue
kluː
flew
fluː
flu
fluː
Gazankulu
ˌɡazaŋˈkuːluː
glue
ɡluː
Honolulu
ˌhɒnəˈluːluː
KwaZulu
kwɑːˈzuːluː
Lemalu
ləˈmɑːluː
loo
luː
lou
luː
loup
luː
lulu
ˈluːluː
mooloo
ˈmuːluː
poilu
ˈpwɑːluː
pulu
ˈpuːluː
sulu
ˈsuːluː
Tuvalu
ˌtuːvəˈluː
Waterloo
ˌwɔːtəˈluː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ULU

ultratiny
ultravacuum
ultraviolence
ultraviolent
ultraviolet
ultraviolet astronomy
ultravirile
ultravirility
ultravirus
ultrawide
ultrawideband
ultroneous
ultroneously
ultroneousness
ululant
ululate
ululation
Ulundi
Uluru
ulva

WORDS THAT END LIKE ULU

antiflu
avian flu
bird flu
Gelibolu
iglu
Kinabalu
Kota Kinabalu
lu
Makalu
man flu
ormolu
Oulu
plu
swine flu
Tamiflu
the flu
tolu
voulu
Yalu
Zulu

Synonyms and antonyms of ulu in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ulu» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ULU

Find out the translation of ulu to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ulu from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ulu» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

乌鲁
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ulu
570 millions of speakers

English

ulu
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Ulu
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أولو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

улу
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ulu
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Ulu
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ulu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ulu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ulu
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ウル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ULU
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ulu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hẻo lánh quá
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உலு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Ulu
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ulu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Ulu
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Ulu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

улу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Ulu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ulu
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ulu
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Ulu
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ulu
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ulu

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ULU»

The term «ulu» is very widely used and occupies the 22.728 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ULU» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ulu» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ulu» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ulu

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ULU»

Discover the use of ulu in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ulu and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hawaiian Dictionary: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian
Ua ulu a'e ia mamuli o ka mantle lua o ke ko'iko'i, this occurred because of the division of the responsibility, ho'o.ulu. ho.'QIu. To stir up, inspire, ex- ate, taunt Pule ho'oulu, prayer for inspiration. Oli ho'oulu, taunting chant, as before combat.
Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuel H. Elbert, 1986
2
Orang Ulu Stories
Heidi Munan. Many mothers like to carry their baby with them when they go about their housework, or to the rice farm. They make special carrying baskets so the baby is near his mother all the time, but she has her hands free to work, ...
Heidi Munan, 2007
3
ULU: Bread of Life
B. David Williams. bread of life Reflections on Texts from the Revised Common Lectionary B. David Williams ULU: bread of life Reflections on Texts from the Revised. ULU: Front Cover.
B. David Williams, 2003
4
Hawaiian Legends of the Guardian Spirits
The word kū in Hawaiian means "rising upright, straight," and the breadfruit tree was called 'ulu kū, or "upright breadfruit." Ulu means "to grow, increase, and spread." To the ancient Hawaiians, Kū was the symbol of abundance and so was the ...
‎2002
5
Stories of Old Hawaii
Every morning, 'Ulu paddled out in his canoe to his fishing grounds. He hoped to catch some of the tender 'anae or perhaps 'opelu fish. In the late afternoon, his wife would wrap Mokuola in a yellow kapa. Then she would leave the house to ...
Roy Alameida, 1997
6
Case Studies in Ecotourism
The Ulu Ai Longhouse is a guest house operated by the tour company Borneo Adventure in an area of orang-utan habitat in the catchment of the upper Ai River in the Malaysian state of Sarawak (Borneo Adventure, 2002). Information on the ...
Ralf Buckley, 2003
7
Constraint Solving Over Multi-valued Logics: Application to ...
Application to Digital Circuits Francisco Azevedo 196 Appendix B: Logics. OR 0l0 0l1 0lu 1l0 1l1 1lu ul0 ul1 ulu 0l0 0l0 0l1 0lu 1l0 IlI 1lu ul0 ul1 ulu 0l1 0l1 0l1 0l1 1l1 1l1 1l1 ul1 ul1 ul1 0lu 0lu 0C1 0lu 1lu 1l1 1lu ulu ulI ulu 1l0 IlO ...
Francisco Azevedo, 2003
8
Theology of Discontent: The Ideological Foundatation of the ...
It is evident from this discussion that he considers the ulu al- amr to be exceptional individuals in the category of prophets, with the distinguishing feature of being infallible.153 Ulu al-amr is also a plural noun, which means it refers to many ...
Hamid Dabashi
9
Local Policy-making Mechanisms: Processes, Implementation ...
Swakarsa Kp. Baru APL 518/755/Eko 1 300.00 IPKR No. 150/2000, Cooperative, Tungkal Ulu 100 ha 29 March 2001 6 July 2000. 2. Penga-buan Jaya APL 518/ 1236/Eko 2 588.00 IPKR No. 321/2000, Farmer Group, Parit 100 ha 12 May 2001  ...
Sudirman, Nely Herlina, Dede William, 2005
10
M_maka Kaiao:
Kau ho'opünana. Nesting season. ho'o.pü.'ulu ham To group, in math; to form or break into groups. Dic, ext. mng. See pü'ulu. 'Anopili ho'opü'ulu. Grouping property (preceded byke). ho'owela wai See pahu ho'owela wai. ho'oweli.weli ham To ...
Kōmike Huaʻōlelo, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ULU»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ulu is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Logging activity in Ulu Tembeling threatens eco-tourism in National …
A section of Ulu Tembeling forest found to be used as timber drop-off zones by a logging contractor during a site visit by the Organisation for the Preservation of ... «The Sun Daily, Jul 15»
2
Work on Ulu Padas hydro-dam scheduled to begin in January next …
KOTA KINABALU: Construction of the Ulu Padas hydro-dam project, estimated to cost between RM1.2 billion and RM1.4 billion, is expected to begin, the latest, ... «The Borneo Post, Jul 15»
3
Ulu Serting campsite being cleaned after leptospirosis outbreak
BAHAU: The Ulu Serting recreational park will be closed until June 14 as health officials conduct a massive clean-up and determine the severity of a ... «The Star Online, Jun 15»
4
Brush fire closes highway in Hanama'ulu
LIHUE, Hawaii —Kauai police closed Kapule Highway Tuesday afternoon from Lihue Airport to the Hanama'ulu Junction as a safety precaution while firefighters ... «KITV Honolulu, May 15»
5
Ulu o Tokelau arrives in Fiji
The Ulu o Tokelau, Aliki Faipule Siopili Perez arrives in Fiji for the 11th Pacific Health Ministers Meeting at Yanuca Island's Shnagri-La Fijian Resort. The Ulu o ... «Scoop.co.nz, Apr 15»
6
GOLD: WPC releases new estimate for Ulu
NUNAVUT – WPC Resources of Vancouver has completed a new resource estimate for the Ulu gold property 155 km north of the former Lupin mine. Specifically ... «Canadian Mining Journal, Apr 15»
7
Ulu o Tokelau to attend American Samoa's flag raising
Ulu o Tokelau has accepted an invitation from the government of American Samoa to attend its flag raising celebration on the 17th of this month. The Ulu o ... «Scoop.co.nz, Apr 15»
8
Ulu Pandan bus depot to be completed by Q1 2018: LTA
SINGAPORE: The Land Transport Authority (LTA) on Thursday (Apr 2) announced that the Ulu Pandan bus depot will be completed by the first quarter of 2018. «Channel News Asia, Apr 15»
9
No price tag on Ulu Papar's bio-cultural wealth
The Sabah Parks post at Kampung Buayan in scenic Ulu Papar. This beautiful scene will be lost if the Sabah Government pursue with the proposed ... «The Rakyat Post, Mar 15»
10
Fred Ulu-Perry: Armour All-American center from Honolulu signs NLI …
Of note: Under Armour All-American who was named first-team All-State by Honolulu TV station KHON. Performed well at Nike's “The Opening” and SPARQ ... «LA Daily News, Feb 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Ulu [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ulu>. Apr 2024 ».
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