fulla

English

Etymology 1

Corruption of fellow, 1970s.

Noun

fulla (plural fullas)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) Man, especially one of indigenous descent.

   Synonym: fellow

   • 2012, Gayle Kennedy, Me, Antman and Fleabag, →ISBN:

     While we was wanderin round the stalls tryin, in vain it turns out, ta find a food stall that sold tucker with meat in it, we came across a stall sellin didjeridoos, or yidakis as the fulla sellin em liked to call em.

   • 2013, Patricia Grace, The Dream Sleepers, →ISBN:

     Pick me up later young fulla, ten past five.

   • 2018, Ngaio Marsh, Stella Duffy, Money in the Morgue, →ISBN, page 242:

     'Too many of our own fullas like that as well,' Brayling said darkly.

Derived terms

• blackfulla

Etymology 2

Preposition

fulla

1. (informal) Full of.
   • 2011, Donald E Westlake, Why Me?, →ISBN:

     Both parts, fulla shit.”

   • 2012, C.G. Gardiner, Melting Pot Blues, →ISBN, page 45:

     He's fulla . . . fulla crap.

   • 2014, Ray Garton, Trailer Park Noir, →ISBN:

     Ted's always fulla good stories.

Further reading

• “fulla”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin folia, from the plural of Latin folium, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom (“leaf”), from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). Compare Occitan fuèlha (Old Occitan folha), French feuille, Spanish hoja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfu.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈfu.ʎa]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

fulla f (plural fulles)

1. leaf
2. sheet, thin plate
3. blade
4. (mathematics) sheet

   hiperboloide d'una fulla ― one-sheet hyperboloid

Derived terms

• fulla d'afaitar
• fullar
• fullaraca
• fullatge
• fullola
• fullós

 

Related terms

• esfullar
• exfoliar
• full

Further reading

• “fulla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fulla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “fulla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fulla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Verb

fulla

1. inflection of fullar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

Adjective

fulla

1. inflection of full:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural