pui

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Aragonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Apocopated form of pueyo, from Latin podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion).

Noun[edit]

pui m

  1. hill

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Finnish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

pui

  1. inflection of puida:
    1. third-person singular present/past indicative
    2. present active indicative connegative
    3. second-person singular present imperative
    4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Lombard[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin pullus.

Noun[edit]

pui

  1. chicken

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin puteus.

Noun[edit]

pui oblique singularm (oblique plural puis, nominative singular puis, nominative plural pui)

  1. well (structure from which water can be drawn)

Descendants[edit]

  • French: puits

Portuguese[edit]

Verb[edit]

pui

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

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)

  1. chicken
  2. chick
  3. cub, youngling, nestling, whelp, young of an animal, or less commonly of people
  4. darling, dear
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Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

pui

  1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of pune

Sarasira[edit]

Noun[edit]

pui

  1. water

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

  1. (Cuối Chăm) joyful