ulama

Etymology

Ultimately from Classical Nahuatl ōllamaliztli. Doublet of ullamaliztli.

noun

  1. A modern ball game descended from tlachtli.
  2. 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.”