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]

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Verb[edit]

pui

  1. Third person singular indicative present form of puida.
  2. Third person singular indicative past form of puida.
  3. Indicative present connegative form of puida.
  4. Second person singular imperative present form of puida.
  5. Second person singular imperative present connegative form of puida.

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin puteus.

Noun[edit]

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

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

Descendants[edit]

  • French: puits

Romanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Declension[edit]

Declension of pui
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) pui puiul (niște) puii puiii
genitive/dative (unui) pui puiului (unor) puii puiilor
vocative puiule puiilor
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Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

pui

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

Sarasira[edit]

Noun[edit]

pui

  1. water

References[edit]

  • Susanne Holzknecht, The Markham languages of Papua New Guinea (1989), page 71
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