puli

English

A puli

Etymology

From Hungarian puli.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuːli/

Noun

puli (plural pulik or pulis)

  1. One of a breed of Hungarian sheepdog with a distinctive thick, corded coat.
    • 2009 February 11, Katie Thomas, “10-Year-Old Spaniel Completes Comeback”, in New York Times:
      Other dogs competing in Best in Show were a standard poodle, a Scottish terrier, a puli, a Brussels griffon and a Scottish deerhound.

Synonyms

  • Hungarian Puli

Translations

See also

Anagrams


Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puliq.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pu‧li
  • IPA(key): /puˈliʔ/

Noun

pulî

  1. (Naga) act of returning home, going home, taking something home
    Synonym: uli

Derived terms


Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuli/, [ˈpuli]
  • Rhymes: -uli
  • Syllabification(key): pu‧li

Etymology 1

Shortened from pulituuri (French polish), commonly used in the past as surrogate alcohol.

Noun

puli

  1. (colloquial) drunkard, sot (one who is badly addicted with alcohol, to the point where the person is completely dependent on it)
    Synonyms: puliukko; see also Thesaurus:juoppo
Declension
Inflection of puli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative puli pulit
genitive pulin pulien
partitive pulia puleja
illative puliin puleihin
singular plural
nominative puli pulit
accusative nom. puli pulit
gen. pulin
genitive pulin pulien
partitive pulia puleja
inessive pulissa puleissa
elative pulista puleista
illative puliin puleihin
adessive pulilla puleilla
ablative pulilta puleilta
allative pulille puleille
essive pulina puleina
translative puliksi puleiksi
instructive pulein
abessive pulitta puleitta
comitative puleineen
Possessive forms of puli (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person pulini pulimme
2nd person pulisi pulinne
3rd person pulinsa

Etymology 2

From Hungarian puli.

Noun

puli

  1. puli
Declension
Inflection of puli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative puli pulit
genitive pulin pulien
partitive pulia puleja
illative puliin puleihin
singular plural
nominative puli pulit
accusative nom. puli pulit
gen. pulin
genitive pulin pulien
partitive pulia puleja
inessive pulissa puleissa
elative pulista puleista
illative puliin puleihin
adessive pulilla puleilla
ablative pulilta puleilta
allative pulille puleille
essive pulina puleina
translative puliksi puleiksi
instructive pulein
abessive pulitta puleitta
comitative puleineen
Possessive forms of puli (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person pulini pulimme
2nd person pulisi pulinne
3rd person pulinsa

Hungarian

puli

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps a variant of pudli (poodle) due to the slight similarity of their curly coat.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpuli]
  • Hyphenation: pu‧li
  • Rhymes: -li

Noun

puli (plural pulik)

  1. Puli (a Hungarian sheepdog with a distinctive thick, corded coat)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative puli pulik
accusative pulit pulikat
dative pulinak puliknak
instrumental pulival pulikkal
causal-final puliért pulikért
translative pulivá pulikká
terminative puliig pulikig
essive-formal puliként pulikként
essive-modal
inessive puliban pulikban
superessive pulin pulikon
adessive pulinál puliknál
illative puliba pulikba
sublative pulira pulikra
allative pulihoz pulikhoz
elative puliból pulikból
delative puliról pulikról
ablative pulitól puliktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
pulié puliké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
puliéi pulikéi
Possessive forms of puli
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pulim pulijaim
2nd person sing. pulid pulijaid
3rd person sing. pulija pulijai
1st person plural pulink pulijaink
2nd person plural pulitok pulijaitok
3rd person plural pulijuk pulijaik

References

  1. puli in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

  • puli in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpu.li/
  • Rhymes: -uli
  • Hyphenation: pù‧li

Noun

puli

  1. plural of pulo

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pulʲ]

Noun

puli

  1. plural of pulă

Usage notes

See pulă and pule.

Synonyms


Volapük

Noun

puli

  1. accusative singular of pul
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