different between pulu vs puku

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pu?ku?/
• Hyphenation: pu?ku

Etymology 1

Noun

puku (plural pukus)

1. A small antelope found in Central Africa (Kobus vardonii)

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maori puku.

Noun

puku (plural pukus)

1. (New Zealand) The belly.
   • 2011, Anahera Gildea, Anita Tipene, Ann French, Huia Short Stories 9: Contemporary Maori Fiction (volume 9)

     He groaned loud with his mouth open. Then he wet himself. And then he rolled over on to his puku.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?puku/, [?puku]
• Rhymes: -uku
• Syllabification: pu?ku

Etymology 1

puk- +? -u

Noun

puku

1. suit, dress
2. attire, outfit
3. (in compounds) changing (of clothes), e.g. in pukukoppi (“changing cubicle”) or pukuhuone (“changing room, locker room”).

Declension

Synonyms

• asu

Derived terms

• pukuilla
• -pukuinen
• puvustaa

Compounds

Related terms

• pukea
• pukeutua

Etymology 2

From Zulu mpuku.

Noun

puku

1. puku (antelope Kobus vardonii)

Declension

Anagrams

• kupu

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese pouco. Cognate with Kabuverdianu poku.

Pronoun

puku

1. few

Ingrian

Noun

puku

1. dress

Italian

Noun

puku m (invariable)

1. puku (Kobus vardonii)

Further reading

• puku in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Maori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?k?/

Noun

puku

1. (anatomy) stomach, belly

Northern Sotho

Etymology

Borrowed from English book.

Noun

puku

1. book

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu?ku/

Adjective

puku

1. long, elongate

References

• LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.

Tsou

Noun

puku

1. owl