different between sulu vs pulu

English

Noun

sulu (plural sulus)

1. An all-purpose skirt-like garment worn by men and women in Fiji.

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20060909021217/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761595628_3/Pacific_Islands.html

Anagrams

• ulus

Estonian

Noun

sulu

1. genitive singular of sulg

Faroese

Etymology

From Zulu isiZulu.

Noun

sulu n

1. Zulu

Latvian

Noun

sulu f

1. accusative singular form of sula
2. instrumental singular form of sula
3. genitive plural form of sula

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Metaphony of svòlu, from Old Norse sv?lu, oblique cases singular of svala. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swalw?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²s?(?)l?/, /²s?(?).??/ (examples of pronunciation)

Noun

sulu f (definite singular sulua, indefinite plural suluer, definite plural suluene)

1. (nonstandard, dialectal) alternative form of svale (“swallow”)

Turkish

Etymology

From su +? -lu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su?u/
• Hyphenation: su?lu

Adjective

sulu (comparative daha sulu, superlative en sulu)

1. aqueous, juicy, watery
2. sassy

Antonyms

• susuz

Derived terms

• sululuk

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