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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
Noun
pulu (informal)
Declension
Inflection of pulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
Synonyms
- (Columba livia domestica): kesykyyhky
Derived terms
compounds
Related terms
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 2023-07-03
Hawaiian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Oceanic *pulu (“coconut husk”) (compare with Fijian bulu (“coconut husk”) and Maori puru "plug, caulk").
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
Etymology 2
Noun
pulu
See also
References
- Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “pulu.1a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “pulu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 354
Hiligaynon
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *pujuq.
Noun
pulû
Derived terms
Kapampangan
Noun
pulu
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Hawaiian
- English terms derived from Hawaiian
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- Chamorro terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Chamorro terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Chamorro lemmas
- Chamorro nouns
- ch:Anatomy
- ch:Hair
- Cocos Islands Malay terms derived from Malay
- Cocos Islands Malay lemmas
- Cocos Islands Malay nouns
- Finnish onomatopoeias
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from French
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ulu
- Rhymes:Finnish/ulu/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish informal terms
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- fi:Columbids
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Hawaiian lemmas
- Hawaiian nouns
- Hawaiian terms borrowed from English
- Hawaiian terms derived from English
- haw:Cattle
- Hiligaynon terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
- Hiligaynon terms derived from Proto-Philippine
- Hiligaynon lemmas
- Hiligaynon nouns
- Kapampangan lemmas
- Kapampangan nouns