pu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pu"

Languages (26)

Translingual

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Äiwoo • Anguthimri • Champenois • Chungli Ao • Chuukese • French • Japanese • Kapampangan • Kilmeri • Laboya • Mandarin • Mbya Guarani • Mizo • Old Javanese • Paraguayan Guarani • Polish • Portuguese • Romanian • Tagalog • Tai Do • Veps • West Makian • Yoruba • Yupiltepeque • Zou

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Translingual

Symbol

pu

1. (electrical engineering) per unit

Äiwoo

Etymology 1

Verb

pu

1. to go
2. to walk

Etymology 2

Verb

pu

1. (of abscesses) to swell

References

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Anguthimri

Verb

pu

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

References

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

Champenois

Alternative forms

• (Rémois) pi, peuil, puil

Etymology

Inherited from Old French puis, from Latin puteus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py/

Noun

pu m (plural pus)

1. (Troyen, Langrois, Rémois) a well

References

• Daunay, Jean (1998), Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎^[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
• Baudoin, Alphonse (1885), Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎^[2] (in French), Troyes

Chungli Ao

Etymology

From Proto-Central Naga *pu, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rV-paʔ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu˩/, [pu˩]

Noun

pu

1. axe

Further reading

• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[3], Berkeley: University of California, page 195
• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 50
• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 94

Chuukese

Noun

pu

1. betel nut

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py/

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• Homophones: pue, puent, pues, pus, put, pût

Etymology 1

Participle

pu (intransitive, hence invariable)

1. past participle of pouvoir

Etymology 2

Participle

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

1. (falconry) past participle of paître

Etymology 3

Adverb

pu

1. (Quebec, colloquial) alternative form of plus

Japanese

Romanization

pu

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

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puəq. Compare Malay empu, Indonesian empu, Old Javanese mpu Tagalog po. Also possibly from clipping of impu / apu (“grandmother”) or apung ginu (“god”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuʔ/ [ˈpuʔ]
• Hyphenation: pu

Particle

pu

1. marks respect toward the person the speaker is addressing

   Malawus kayu pu. ― Come on in, Sir/Ma'am.

   Munta ku pu pisamban, Ma. ― I am going to church, Mother.

   Po? ― Pardon?

Usage notes

• The word does not appear at a beginning of a sentence unless used alone.
• The word pu changes to po if it is an exclamation or a question.
• The word pu usually replaces opu when in the middle of a sentence.

Derived terms

• magpapu
• papapu
• papu

Related terms

• magopu
• miopu
• opu

Kilmeri

Noun

pu

1. water

   Kanu pu imiyo lili.

   The canoe floats on the water.

References

• Claudia Gerstner-Link (2018), A Grammar of Kilmeri, Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 94

Laboya

Etymology

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

Noun

pu

1. tree

References

• 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

Romanization

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

• 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.

Mbya Guarani

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Cognate with Paraguayan Guarani and Old Tupi pu.

Noun

pu

1. noise

Etymology 2

Cognate with Old Tupi puk.

Verb

pu

1. (intransitive) to be perforated

   Xekamixa opu.

   My shirt is perforated.

Conjugation

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

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

Mizo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *puu (“to carry”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *puʔ.

Verb

pu (stem II put)

1. to carry
2. to look after

Etymology 2

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *puu (“grandfather”).

Noun

pu

1. grandfather
2. father-in-law
3. a man in charge of something

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “pu”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Old Javanese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu/
• Rhymes: -pu
• Hyphenation: pu

Noun

pu

1. distinguished person,
2. master
3. lord

Alternative forms

• mpu
• ĕmpu
• ampu

Derived terms

• ampu
• mpu
• mpuṅku
• paṅampwan
• paṅĕmpwan
• pinakampu
• ĕmpon
• ĕmpu
• ḍapu
• ḍapunta
• ḍapuṅku

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦥꦸ (pu)

Further reading

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

Paraguayan Guarani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu/
• Rhymes: -u

Noun

pu (plural pukuéra)

1. sound

Alternative forms

• tyapu

References

• Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “pu”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 91, column 1

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): [ˈpu]
• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈpu]
  • (Łowicz) IPA^(key): [ˈpu]

Preposition

pu

1. (Kuyavia, Near Masovian, Łowicz) alternative form of ku

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1867), “pu”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 275
• Władysław Matlakowski (1892), “pu”, in Słownik wyrazów ludowych zebranych w Czerskiem i na Kujawach (in Polish), Kraków: nakł. Akademii Umiejętności; Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego pod zarządem A. M. Kosterkiewicza, page 15
• Marzena Kozanecka-Zwierz, Magdalena Bartosiewicz, Renata Marciniak-Firadza, editors (2014), “pu”, in Gwara – Księżaków "język ojczysty" Dziedzictwo regionu łowickiego (in Polish), Łowicz: Muzeum w Łowiczu, →ISBN, page 52

Portuguese

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpu/

• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: pu

Noun

pu m (plural pus)

1. (childish, regional) synonym of pum (“fart”)

Further reading

• “pu”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

pu

1. imits the cry of a hoopoe

Tagalog

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: kapulo, ikapulo, saikapulo, kapu, ikapu, saikapu, kasampu, sangkasampu, ikasampu, saikasampu
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Alternative forms

• polo, poo, pouo — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• puo, pulo, puwo — obsolete

Etymology

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, Central Bikol pulo, Aklanon napueo, Cebuano napulo, Maranao polo', Maguindanao pulu, and Malay puluh.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpuʔ/ [ˈpʊʔ]
• Rhymes: -uʔ
• Syllabification: pu

Numeral

pû (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓ) (mathematics)

1. ten (set of ten)

   Synonym: desena

Derived terms

• animnapu
• apatnapu
• dalawampu
• ikaanimnapu
• ikaapatnapu
• ikadalawampu
• ikalimampu
• ikapitumpu
• ikapu
• ikasampu
• ikasiyamnapu
• ikatatlumpu
• ikawalumpu
• kapu
• limampu
• makapu
• pitumpu
• sa ikapu
• sampu
• sangkapu
• siyamnapu
• tatlumpu
• tigpupu
• walumpu

See also

• labi
• pinulo
• polo
• turo

Further reading

• “pu”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 1104
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[4] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎^[5] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[6] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 253: “Diez) Povo [(pp)] |. polo, llegando [a diez] contando”

Tai Do

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puː⁵⁵/

Noun

pu

1. mountain, hill

Veps

Etymology

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

Noun

pu

1. tree
2. wood

Inflection

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

• birbincpu
• jablonʹpu
• kananpu
• puine
• pujaugad
• pukujo
• pusep
• tugipu
• vinpu
• voipu
• öpu

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “дерево, древесина”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[7], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu/

Noun

pu

1. mountain

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[8], Pacific linguistics

Yoruba

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k͡pū/

Verb

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu/

Noun

pu

1. hand

References

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

Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu˧/

Noun

pu

1. maternal uncle (mother's brother)

References

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