puku

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See also: puķu, pūķu, -puku, and пуку

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuːkuː/
  • Hyphenation: pu‧ku

Etymology 1

Noun

puku (plural pukus)

  1. A small antelope found in Central Africa (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 780: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maori puku.

Noun

puku (plural pukus)

  1. (New Zealand) The belly.
    • 2011, Anahera Gildea, ‎Anita Tipene, ‎Ann French, Huia Short Stories 9: Contemporary Maori Fiction (volume 9)
      He groaned loud with his mouth open. Then he wet himself. And then he rolled over on to his puku.

Finnish

Etymology

puk- +‎ -u

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuku/, [ˈpuku]
  • Rhymes: -uku
  • Hyphenation: pu‧ku

Noun

puku

  1. suit, dress
  2. attire, outfit
  3. As modifier in compound terms may also denote changing (of clothes), e.g. in pukukoppi (changing cubicle) or pukuhuone (changing room, locker room).

Declension

Inflection of puku (Kotus type 1*M/valo, k-v gradation)
nominative puku puvut
genitive puvun pukujen
partitive pukua pukuja
illative pukuun pukuihin
singular plural
nominative puku puvut
accusative nom. puku puvut
gen. puvun
genitive puvun pukujen
partitive pukua pukuja
inessive puvussa puvuissa
elative puvusta puvuista
illative pukuun pukuihin
adessive puvulla puvuilla
ablative puvulta puvuilta
allative puvulle puvuille
essive pukuna pukuina
translative puvuksi puvuiksi
abessive puvutta puvuitta
instructive puvuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of puku (Kotus type 1*M/valo, k-v gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pukuni pukuni
accusative nom. pukuni pukuni
gen. pukuni
genitive pukuni pukujeni
partitive pukuani pukujani
inessive puvussani puvuissani
elative puvustani puvuistani
illative pukuuni pukuihini
adessive puvullani puvuillani
ablative puvultani puvuiltani
allative puvulleni puvuilleni
essive pukunani pukuinani
translative puvukseni puvuikseni
abessive puvuttani puvuittani
instructive
comitative pukuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pukusi pukusi
accusative nom. pukusi pukusi
gen. pukusi
genitive pukusi pukujesi
partitive pukuasi pukujasi
inessive puvussasi puvuissasi
elative puvustasi puvuistasi
illative pukuusi pukuihisi
adessive puvullasi puvuillasi
ablative puvultasi puvuiltasi
allative puvullesi puvuillesi
essive pukunasi pukuinasi
translative puvuksesi puvuiksesi
abessive puvuttasi puvuittasi
instructive
comitative pukuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pukumme pukumme
accusative nom. pukumme pukumme
gen. pukumme
genitive pukumme pukujemme
partitive pukuamme pukujamme
inessive puvussamme puvuissamme
elative puvustamme puvuistamme
illative pukuumme pukuihimme
adessive puvullamme puvuillamme
ablative puvultamme puvuiltamme
allative puvullemme puvuillemme
essive pukunamme pukuinamme
translative puvuksemme puvuiksemme
abessive puvuttamme puvuittamme
instructive
comitative pukuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pukunne pukunne
accusative nom. pukunne pukunne
gen. pukunne
genitive pukunne pukujenne
partitive pukuanne pukujanne
inessive puvussanne puvuissanne
elative puvustanne puvuistanne
illative pukuunne pukuihinne
adessive puvullanne puvuillanne
ablative puvultanne puvuiltanne
allative puvullenne puvuillenne
essive pukunanne pukuinanne
translative puvuksenne puvuiksenne
abessive puvuttanne puvuittanne
instructive
comitative pukuinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative pukunsa pukunsa
accusative nom. pukunsa pukunsa
gen. pukunsa
genitive pukunsa pukujensa
partitive pukuaan
pukuansa
pukujaan
pukujansa
inessive puvussaan
puvussansa
puvuissaan
puvuissansa
elative puvustaan
puvustansa
puvuistaan
puvuistansa
illative pukuunsa pukuihinsa
adessive puvullaan
puvullansa
puvuillaan
puvuillansa
ablative puvultaan
puvultansa
puvuiltaan
puvuiltansa
allative puvulleen
puvullensa
puvuilleen
puvuillensa
essive pukunaan
pukunansa
pukuinaan
pukuinansa
translative puvukseen
puvuksensa
puvuikseen
puvuiksensa
abessive puvuttaan
puvuttansa
puvuittaan
puvuittansa
instructive
comitative pukuineen
pukuinensa

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Anagrams


Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese pouco. Cognates with Kabuverdianu poku.

Pronoun

puku

  1. few

Ingrian

Noun

puku

  1. dress

Italian

Noun

puku (invariable)

  1. puku (Kobus vardonii)

Maori

Pronunciation

Noun

puku

  1. (anatomy) stomach, belly

Northern Sotho

Etymology

Borrowed from English book.

Noun

puku

  1. book

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

Adjective

puku

  1. long, elongate

References


Tsou

Noun

puku

  1. owl