uliu 1 verb English. Of current in a watercourse, forms any phenomenon from a full-scale whirlpool to a mere backwater, characterized as water returning upstream. Example sentence: Subanen. Ki getaw, bisan kenduta' pa ketau lumanguy, sa' me'uliu, melemes da gusay, pu' baalenen, pekpuli'puli' na gusay sampay belayan. English. No matter how well a person can swim, if he gets caught in a whirlpool, he will still drown, for what he does is just keep going around and around until he is worn out. Synonym. puliput