pui
See also: pu'i
Aragonese edit
Etymology edit
Apocopated form of pueyo, from Latin podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion).
Noun edit
pui m
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Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ui
Verb edit
pui
Lombard edit
Etymology edit
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pui
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
pui oblique singular, m (oblique plural puis, nominative singular puis, nominative plural pui)
- well (structure from which water can be drawn)
Descendants edit
- French: puits
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Latin pullus, probably through a Vulgar Latin root *pulleus, or alternatively formed from the plural of an original Romanian form *pul. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”). Compare Spanish pollo and Italian pollo.
Noun edit
pui m (plural pui)
- chicken
- chick
- cub, youngling, nestling, whelp, young of an animal, or less commonly of people
- darling, dear
Declension edit
Declension of pui
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Descendants edit
- →? Hungarian: pulya
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Etymology 2 edit
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pui
Sarasira edit
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pui
References edit
- Susanne Holzknecht, The Markham languages of Papua New Guinea (1989), page 71
Tho edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Vietic *t-puːj, cognate with Vietnamese vui, Muong pui.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
pui
- (Cuối Chăm) joyful