different between pulu vs puli

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

Etymology

From Hungarian puli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pu?li/

Noun

puli (plural pulik or pulis)

1. One of a breed of Hungarian sheepdog with a distinctive thick, corded coat.

Synonyms

• Hungarian Puli

Translations

See also

• puli on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• puli on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• pilu

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?puli/, [?puli]
• Rhymes: -uli
• Syllabification: pu?li

Etymology 1

Shortened from pulituuri (“French polish”), commonly used in the past as surrogate alcohol.

Noun

puli

1. (colloquial) drunkard, sot (one who is badly addicted with alcohol, to the point where the person is completely dependent on it)

   Synonyms: puliukko; see also Thesaurus:juoppo

Declension

Etymology 2

From Hungarian puli.

Noun

puli

1. puli

Declension

Hungarian

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant of pudli (“poodle”) due to the slight similarity of their curly coat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?puli]
• Hyphenation: pu?li
• Rhymes: -li

Noun

puli (plural pulik)

1. Puli (a Hungarian sheepdog with a distinctive thick, corded coat)

Declension

References

Further reading

• puli in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pul?]

Noun

puli

1. plural of pul?

Usage notes

See pul? and pule.

Synonyms

• pule

Volapük

Noun

puli

1. accusative singular of pul