pulu

See also: pùlù

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

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Chamorro

Etymology

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

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Finnish

(index pu)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpulu/, [ˈpulu]
• Hyphenation: pu‧lu
• Rhymes: -u

Noun

pulu

1. (colloquial) feral pigeon (Columba livia, syn. Columba livia domestica)
2. cushat (informal term for domesticated pigeons)

Declension

Inflection of pulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		pulu	pulut
genitive		pulun	pulujen
partitive		pulua	puluja
illative		puluun	puluihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pulu	pulut
accusative	nom.	pulu	pulut
	gen.	pulun
genitive		pulun	pulujen
partitive		pulua	puluja
inessive		pulussa	puluissa
elative		pulusta	puluista
illative		puluun	puluihin
adessive		pululla	puluilla
ablative		pululta	puluilta
allative		pululle	puluille
essive		puluna	puluina
translative		puluksi	puluiksi
instructive		—	puluin
abessive		pulutta	puluitta
comitative		—	puluineen

Synonyms

• (Columba livia domestica): kesykyyhky

Related terms

• kyyhky
• kesykyyhky
• kalliokyyhky

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Hawaiian

Noun

pulu

1. pulu, the fibers of the Cibotium glaucum

Descendants

• English: pulu

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Kapampangan

Noun

pulu

1. island