different between pulu vs pudu

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

• Lupu

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' meaning 'island'.

Noun

pulu

1. island

Finnish

(index pu)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pulu/, [?pulu]
• Rhymes: -ulu
• Syllabification: pu?lu

Noun

pulu

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

Declension

Synonyms

• (Columba livia domestica): kesykyyhky

Related terms

• kyyhky
• kesykyyhky
• kalliokyyhky

Hawaiian

Noun

pulu

1. pulu, the fibers of the Cibotium glaucum

Descendants

• English: pulu

Kapampangan

Noun

pulu

1. island

English

Alternative forms

• pudú

Etymology

From South American Spanish pudú, from Mapudungun pudu (“small deer”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pu?du?/, /pu??du?/

Noun

pudu (plural pudus or pudu)

1. A very small South American deer of the genus Pudu, native to the Andes.
   • 1998, Valerius Geist, Deer of the World, p. 120:

     Whereas the southern pudu is more uniformly dark chestnut-brown, the northern form is light but has a very dark (aggressive) face in both sexes.

   • 2002, Chris Moss, The Guardian, 30 Nov 2002:

     In the undergrowth, native pudú deer scutter, lower than knee-height and wary of visitors; even shyer are the tall, elegant huemul deer, threatened almost to extinction and now only to be found high up the mountainsides.

   • 2008, Sharon R Chester, A Wildlife Guide to Chile, p. 309:

     Although protected by law, pudus are hunted locally for their hide and meat.

Translations

Italian

Noun

pudu m (invariable)

1. pudú