OriginUltimately from Classical Nahuatl ōllamaliztli. Doublet of ullamaliztli.
- uncountableA (modern) ball game, descended from tlachtli.
- The devil bird (an avian cryptid of Sri Lanka)
“There is a bird in Ceylon, which the natives call ulama, or the demon bird, which utters most loud and ear-piercing screams, strongly resembling the shrieks of a human being in severe bodily agony.”