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

Etymology

Either of onomatopoeic origin, or from Swedish pull, pulla, from French poule.

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

Noun

pulu (informal)

  1. feral pigeon (Columba livia, syn. Columba livia domestica)
  2. domesticated pigeon, cushat

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
abessive pulutta puluitta
instructive — puluin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of pulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative puluni puluni
accusative nom. puluni puluni
gen. puluni
genitive puluni pulujeni
partitive puluani pulujani
inessive pulussani puluissani
elative pulustani puluistani
illative puluuni puluihini
adessive pulullani puluillani
ablative pulultani puluiltani
allative pululleni puluilleni
essive pulunani puluinani
translative pulukseni puluikseni
abessive puluttani puluittani
instructive — —
comitative — puluineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pulusi pulusi
accusative nom. pulusi pulusi
gen. pulusi
genitive pulusi pulujesi
partitive puluasi pulujasi
inessive pulussasi puluissasi
elative pulustasi puluistasi
illative puluusi puluihisi
adessive pulullasi puluillasi
ablative pulultasi puluiltasi
allative pulullesi puluillesi
essive pulunasi puluinasi
translative puluksesi puluiksesi
abessive puluttasi puluittasi
instructive — —
comitative — puluinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pulumme pulumme
accusative nom. pulumme pulumme
gen. pulumme
genitive pulumme pulujemme
partitive puluamme pulujamme
inessive pulussamme puluissamme
elative pulustamme puluistamme
illative puluumme puluihimme
adessive pulullamme puluillamme
ablative pulultamme puluiltamme
allative pulullemme puluillemme
essive pulunamme puluinamme
translative puluksemme puluiksemme
abessive puluttamme puluittamme
instructive — —
comitative — puluinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pulunne pulunne
accusative nom. pulunne pulunne
gen. pulunne
genitive pulunne pulujenne
partitive puluanne pulujanne
inessive pulussanne puluissanne
elative pulustanne puluistanne
illative puluunne puluihinne
adessive pulullanne puluillanne
ablative pulultanne puluiltanne
allative pulullenne puluillenne
essive pulunanne puluinanne
translative puluksenne puluiksenne
abessive puluttanne puluittanne
instructive — —
comitative — puluinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative pulunsa pulunsa
accusative nom. pulunsa pulunsa
gen. pulunsa
genitive pulunsa pulujensa
partitive puluaan
puluansa		 pulujaan
pulujansa
inessive pulussaan
pulussansa		 puluissaan
puluissansa
elative pulustaan
pulustansa		 puluistaan
puluistansa
illative puluunsa puluihinsa
adessive pulullaan
pulullansa		 puluillaan
puluillansa
ablative pulultaan
pulultansa		 puluiltaan
puluiltansa
allative pululleen
pulullensa		 puluilleen
puluillensa
essive pulunaan
pulunansa		 puluinaan
puluinansa
translative pulukseen
puluksensa		 puluikseen
puluiksensa
abessive puluttaan
puluttansa		 puluittaan
puluittansa
instructive — —
comitative — puluineen
puluinensa

Synonyms

Derived terms
compounds

Further reading

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Oceanic *pulu (“coconut husk”) (compare with Fijian bulu (“coconut husk”) 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

pulu

  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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