different between pulla vs pully

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish pulla, from Swedish bulle.

Noun

pulla (countable and uncountable, plural pullas)

1. A sweet, leavened baked good made of wheat and flavored with crushed cardamom, resembling very soft bread in consistency, eaten in Finland.

Anagrams

• Paull, all-up, pallu

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish bulle, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bull?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pul??/, [?pul??]
• Rhymes: -ul??
• Syllabification: pul?la

Noun

pulla

1. cardamom bread, also pulla (mildly sweet, leavened baked good made of wheat and flavored with crushed cardamom, resembling very soft bread in consistency)
2. ball; as headword in names of some foodstuffs, e.g lihapulla (“meatball”), falafel-pulla (“falafel ball”)

Declension

Synonyms

• (cardamom bread): nisu, vehnänen
• (ball): pyörykkä

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? English: pulla

Latin

Pronunciation

• pulla: (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pul.la/, [?p?l??ä]
• pulla: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pul.la/, [?pul??]
• pull?: (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pul.la?/, [?p?l??ä?]
• pull?: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pul.la/, [?pul??]

Adjective

pulla

1. nominative feminine singular of pullus
2. nominative neuter plural of pullus
3. accusative neuter plural of pullus
4. vocative feminine singular of pullus
5. vocative neuter plural of pullus

Adjective

pull?

1. ablative feminine singular of pullus

References

• pulla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Etymology

From Portuguese pulha.

Pronunciation

Noun

pulla f (plural pullas)

1. an obscenity
2. a gibe; a burn; a dig

See also

• puya

Swedish

Verb

pulla (present pullar, preterite pullade, supine pullat, imperative pulla)

1. (vulgar) to masturbate (of females)

Conjugation

English

Etymology

pullover +? -y

Noun

pully (plural pullies)

1. (informal) pullover

See also

• pulley