pulu

See also: pùlù

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian pulu.

Noun

pulu (uncountable)

  1. A silky material obtained from the fibres of Cibotium glaucum, a tree fern of Hawaii.

Anagrams

Chamorro

Etymology

From Pre-Chamorro *pulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu.

Noun

pulu

  1. (anatomy) hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)
  2. feather

Cocos Islands Malay

Etymology

From Malay pulau (“island”).

Noun

pulu

  1. island

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpulu/, [ˈpulu]
  • Rhymes: -ulu
  • Syllabification(key): pu‧lu

Noun

pulu

  1. (colloquial) feral pigeon (Columba livia, syn. Columba livia domestica)
  2. cushat (informal term for domesticated pigeons)

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
instructive — puluin
abessive pulutta puluitta
comitative — puluineen
Possessive forms of pulu (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person puluni pulumme
2nd person pulusi pulunne
3rd person pulunsa

Synonyms

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Oceanic *pulu (“coconut husk”) (compare with Fijian bulu "ibid." and Maori puru "plug, caulk").

Noun

pulu

  1. pulu, the fibers of the Cibotium glaucum
  2. any natural plant fiber from coconuts, cotton etc.
  3. mulch
Descendants
  • English: pulu

Etymology 2

From English bull.

Noun
  1. bull

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

  1. island; isle; islet
    Synonym: isla

Derived terms

Kapampangan

Noun

pulu

  1. island
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