pulis

See also: Pulis, pulís, and půlíš

English

Noun

pulis

plural of puli

Anagrams

pilus, pusil

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from English police.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: pu‧lis
IPA^(key): /puˈlis/

Noun

pulís

police
police officer
Synonym: pulisya

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English police. Introduced by Eusebio T. Daluz in 1915.[1]

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: pu‧lis

IPA^(key): /puˈlis/, [pʊˈlis]

Noun

pulís (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

police officer
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pulis
police
Synonym: pulisya

Derived terms

estasyon ng pulis
himpilan ng pulis
ipapulis
kapulisan
lespu
magpulis
mapulis
pampulis
pulis patola

See also

konstable

References

Eusebio T. Daluz (1915) Filipino-English vocabulary: with practical example of Filipino and English grammars ‎, Manila: Akademya ng Wikang Filipino.

Further reading

“pulis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

Volapük

Noun

pulis

accusative plural of pul

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