pulu
See also: pùlù
English
Etymology
Noun
pulu (uncountable)
Anagrams
Chamorro
Etymology
From Pre-Chamorro *pulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu.
Noun
pulu
- (anatomy) hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)
- feather
Cocos Islands Malay
Etymology
Noun
pulu
Finnish
Etymology
Either of onomatopoeic origin, or from Swedish pull, pulla, from French poule.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpulu/, [ˈpulu]
- Rhymes: -ulu
- Syllabification(key): pu‧lu
- Hyphenation(key): pu‧lu
Noun
pulu (informal)
Declension
| Inflection of pulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pulu | pulut | |
| genitive | pulun | pulujen | |
| partitive | pulua | puluja | |
| illative | puluun | puluihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pulu | pulut | |
| accusative | nom. | pulu | pulut |
| gen. | pulun | ||
| genitive | pulun | pulujen | |
| partitive | pulua | puluja | |
| inessive | pulussa | puluissa | |
| elative | pulusta | puluista | |
| illative | puluun | puluihin | |
| adessive | pululla | puluilla | |
| ablative | pululta | puluilta | |
| allative | pululle | puluille | |
| essive | puluna | puluina | |
| translative | puluksi | puluiksi | |
| abessive | pulutta | puluitta | |
| instructive | — | puluin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Synonyms
- (Columba livia domestica): kesykyyhky
Derived terms
compounds
See also
Further reading
- “pulu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
Hawaiian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Oceanic *pulu ~ *bulut “coconut husk” (compare with Fijian bulu “coconut husk” and Maori puru "plug, caulk");[1][2] *bulut possibly underwent a semantic shift < “to stick to something”.[3]
Noun
pulu
- fibrous husk of any nut like coconuts, candlenuts etc; boll of cotton; down of ferns
- any natural plant fiber from coconuts, cotton etc.
- pulu, the fibers of the Cibotium glaucum
- mulch
Descendants
- English: pulu
References
- ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “pulu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 354
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “pulu.1a”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 5: Plants, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 123-4
Etymology 2
Noun
pulu
See also
Hiligaynon
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *pujuq.
Noun
pulû
Derived terms
Kapampangan
Noun
pulu
Samoan
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *bulut (“sap or other sticky substance” – compare with Tongan pulu “sap [in general]” and pupulu “sticky, adhesive”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *belit₃ or *pulut (compare with Malay pulut, Tagalog pulot).[1][2]
Noun
pulu
- latex or milky sap screted from any plant in general e.g. breadfruit
- rubber; flexible material made from coagulating natural latex of Funtumia elastica (pulu vao), Castilla elastica (pulu mamoe), or Hevea brasiliensis.
References
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “pulu.2”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 5: Plants, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 123-4
Turkish
Noun
pulu
- definite accusative singular of pul
- third-person singular possessive of pul