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pu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pu"

Translingual

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pu

  1. (electrical engineering) per unit

Aiwoo

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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pu

  1. to go
  2. to walk

Etymology 2

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Verb

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pu

  1. (of abscesses) to swell

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Anguthimri

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Verb

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pu

  1. (transitive, Mpakwithi) to do
  2. (transitive, Mpakwithi) to throw

References

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  • Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 187

Chuukese

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Noun

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pu

  1. betel nut

French

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Etymology 1

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Participle

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pu (intransitive, hence invariable)

  1. past participle of pouvoir

Etymology 2

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Participle

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pu (feminine pue, masculine plural pus, feminine plural pues)

  1. (falconry) past participle of paître

Etymology 3

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Adverb

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pu

  1. (Quebec, colloquial) Alternative form of plus

Guaraní

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pu (plural pukuéra)

  1. sound

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Japanese

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Romanization

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pu

  1. The hiragana syllable ぷ (pu) or the katakana syllable プ (pu) in Hepburn romanization.

Kilmeri

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Noun

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pu

  1. water
    Kanu pu imiyo lili.
    The canoe floats on the water.

References

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  • Gerstner-Link, Claudia. A Grammar of Kilmeri. (2018). Page 94.

Laboya

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun, from Proto-Austronesian *puqun. Compare Indonesian pohon.

Noun

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pu

  1. tree

References

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  • Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “pu”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 82

Mandarin

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Romanization

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pu (pu5／pu0, Zhuyin ˙ㄆㄨ)

  1. Nonstandard spelling of pū.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of pú.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of pǔ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of pù.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mbyá Guaraní

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: pu

Etymology 1

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Cognate with Guaraní and Old Tupi pu.

Noun

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pu

  1. noise

Etymology 2

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Cognate with Old Tupi puk.

Verb

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pu

  1. (intransitive) to be perforated
    Xekamixa opu.
    My shirt is perforated.
Conjugation
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    Conjugation of pu
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person
inclusive 		1st person
exclusive 		2nd person 3rd person
xee apu ndee erepu ha'e opu nhande japu ore oropu peẽ pepu ha'e opu

References

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  • Robert A. Dooley (2016 August) “pu”, in Léxico guarani, dialeto mbyá: guarani-português (overall work in Portuguese), Anápolis: SIL Brasil, page 158

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *empu (“grandparent/grandchild; ancestor; lord, master, owner”).

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Noun

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pu

  1. distinguished person,
  2. master
  3. lord

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Javanese: ꦥꦸ (pu)

Further reading

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  • "pu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: pu

Noun

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pu m (plural pus)

  1. (childish) Synonym of pum (“fart”)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

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pu

  1. imits the cry of a hoopoe

Tagalog

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Tagalog numbers (edit)
100
10
    Cardinal: sampu
    Spanish cardinal: diyes
    Ordinal: ikapu, ikasampu, pansampu
    Ordinal abbreviation: ika-10, pang-10
    Adverbial: makasampu
    Multiplier: sampung ibayo
    Distributive: tigsampu, sampuan, sampu-sampu
    Collective: pu, desena
    Restrictive: sasampu
    Fractional:
kapu, ikapu, saikapu,
kasampu, sangkasampu, ikasampu, saikasampu
Tagalog Wikipedia article on 10

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From earlier puo, from puwo, with elision of /l/ from pulo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puluq, from Proto-Austronesian *puluq. Compare Ilocano pullo, Pangasinan polo, Kapampangan apulu, Asi puyo, Bikol Central pulo, Aklanon napueo, Cebuano napulo, Maranao polo', Maguindanao pulu, and Malay puluh.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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pû (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓ) (mathematics)

  1. ten (set of ten)
    Synonym: desena

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Further reading

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Tai Do

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Etymology

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From Chinese 阜 (OC *buʔ). Cognate with Thai ภู (puu), Lao ພູ (phū).

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Noun

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pu

  1. mountain, hill

Veps

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *puu, from Proto-Uralic *puwe.

Noun

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pu

  1. tree
  2. wood

Inflection

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Inflection of pu (inflection type 13/ma)
nominative sing. pu
genitive sing. pun
partitive sing. pud
partitive plur. puid
singular plural
nominative pu pud
accusative pun pud
genitive pun puiden
partitive pud puid
essive-instructive pun puin
translative puks puikš
inessive pus puiš
elative puspäi puišpäi
illative puhu puihe
adessive pul puil
ablative pulpäi puilpäi
allative pule puile
abessive puta puita
comitative punke puidenke
prolative pudme puidme
approximative I punno puidenno
approximative II punnoks puidennoks
egressive punnopäi puidennopäi
terminative I puhusai puihesai
terminative II pulesai puilesai
terminative III pussai —
additive I puhupäi puihepäi
additive II pulepäi puilepäi

Derived terms

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References

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  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “дерево, древесина”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[4], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

West Makian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pu

  1. mountain

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[5], Pacific linguistics

Yoruba

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Etymology

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Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *kpa, possibly a Doublet of kú. Compare with Yoruba pa, Àhàn pu.

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Verb

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pu

  1. (Ijebu, transitive) to kill
    1. (Ijebu, transitive) to murder
      Ó pu ìyàwó ẹ̀.
      He murdered his wife.
    2. (Ijebu, transitive) to execute
    3. (Ijebu, transitive) to switch off, to turn off
      Pu iná yẹn
      Turn off the lights.

Yupiltepeque

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pu

  1. hand

References

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  • Vocabularios de la lengua xinca de Sinacantan (1868, D. Juan Gavarrete)
  • Chris Rogers, The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages

Zou

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pu

  1. maternal uncle (mother's brother)

References

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  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45
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