puku
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
puku (plural pukus)
- A small antelope found in Central Africa (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 780: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
Translations
antelope
Etymology 2
Noun
puku (plural pukus)
- (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.
- 2011, Anahera Gildea, Anita Tipene, Ann French, Huia Short Stories 9: Contemporary Maori Fiction (volume 9)
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
puku
- suit, dress
- attire, outfit
- 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) | |||
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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. |
Synonyms
Derived terms
Compounds
- aataminpuku
- avaruuspuku
- hääpuku
- höyhenpuku
- iltapuku
- juhlapuku
- koulupuku
- kuivapuku
- lumipuku
- maastopuku
- märkäpuku
- pellepuku
- pukuelokuva
- pukuharjoitus
- pukuhistoria
- pukuhuone
- pukujuhla
- pukukaappi
- pukukangas
- pukukoodi
- pukukoppi
- pukukoru
- pukulaukku
Related terms
Anagrams
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese pouco. Cognates with Kabuverdianu poku.
Pronoun
puku
Ingrian
Noun
puku
Italian
Noun
puku (invariable)
- puku (Kobus vardonii)
Maori
Pronunciation
Noun
puku
Northern Sotho
Etymology
Noun
puku
Old Tupi
Pronunciation
Adjective
puku
References
- LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.
Tsou
Noun
puku
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- New Zealand English
- en:Antelopes
- Finnish terms suffixed with -u
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/uku
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- fi:Clothing
- Guinea-Bissau Creole terms derived from Portuguese
- Guinea-Bissau Creole lemmas
- Guinea-Bissau Creole pronouns
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian nouns
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian terms spelled with K
- it:Animals
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- it:Mammals
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- mi:Anatomy
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