pulu
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See also: pùlù
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
pulu (uncountable)
Anagrams[edit]
Chamorro[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Pre-Chamorro *pulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu.
Noun[edit]
pulu
- (anatomy) hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)
- feather
Cocos Islands Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
pulu
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Either of onomatopoeic origin, or from Swedish pull, pulla, from French poule.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pulu (informal)
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
- (Columba livia domestica): kesykyyhky
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “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[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Oceanic *pulu (“coconut husk”) (compare with Fijian bulu (“coconut husk”) and Maori puru "plug, caulk").
Noun[edit]
pulu
Descendants[edit]
- English: pulu
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
pulu
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- 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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Philippine *pujuq.
Noun[edit]
pulû
Derived terms[edit]
Kapampangan[edit]
Noun[edit]
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