pula

See also: Pula, pulă, pulã, and půla

English

Etymology

From Tswana pula, Northern Sotho pula, and Sotho pula (“rain”), all from Proto-Bantu *mbúdà.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pʊlə/

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• (General American) enPR: po͞olʹä, IPA^(key): /puːlɑː/
• Homophone: puller (for UK pronunciation, in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

pula

1. (Southern Africa) Rain, used as an expression of greeting or good luck.
2. The currency of Botswana, divided into 100 thebe.

Anagrams

• Palu, Paul, ULPA, paul

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Bikol Central

Adjective

pulá

1. red

Noun

púla

1. mute, a person unable to speak

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Cebuano

Alternative forms

• puwa

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧la

Adjective

pula

1. red; having red as its color

Noun

pula

1. the color red
2. the egg yolk

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pula.

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Dalmatian

Etymology

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *pūbula, from Latin pūbes, or more likely from pulla, feminine of pullus. Compare Romanian pulă, Aromanian pulã, Catalan and Spanish polla.

Noun

pula f

1. penis

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Finnish

Etymology

Originally an opening in the ice into which a man has fallen or may fall. Probably onomatopoetic imitating the associated sound of water, compare pulahtaa.

Noun

pula

1. shortage
2. (economy) an economic crisis characterized by shortage of goods and/or means to buy them; a depression, slump
3. urgent situation, trouble, scrape, pinch, deep water

Declension

Inflection of pula (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		pula	pulat
genitive		pulan	pulien
partitive		pulaa	pulia
illative		pulaan	puliin
		singular	plural
nominative		pula	pulat
accusative	nom.	pula	pulat
	gen.	pulan
genitive		pulan	pulien pulainrare
partitive		pulaa	pulia
inessive		pulassa	pulissa
elative		pulasta	pulista
illative		pulaan	puliin
adessive		pulalla	pulilla
ablative		pulalta	pulilta
allative		pulalle	pulille
essive		pulana	pulina
translative		pulaksi	puliksi
instructive		—	pulin
abessive		pulatta	pulitta
comitative		—	pulineen

Possessive forms of pula (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	pulani	pulamme
2nd person	pulasi	pulanne
3rd person	pulansa

Derived terms

• pulia (“to swim”)
• pulahtaa
• pulikoida
• olla pulassa = to be in a pinch
• joutua pulaan = to get into difficulties
• jättää pulaan

Compounds

compounds

• aikapula
• asuntopula
• energiapula
• hallituspula
• kalustopula
• luottamuspula
• pula-aika

• raaka-ainepula
• rahapula
• runsaudenpula
• talouspula
• tavarapula
• vesipula

Anagrams

• Paul, lupa

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Galician

Verb

pula

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of pulir
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of pulir

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Indonesian

Adverb

pula

1. also

Synonyms

• juga

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin āplūda.

Noun

pula f (plural pule)

1. chaff

Etymology 2

Derived from a regional form of Italian polizia, that is pulizia.

Noun

pula

1. (slang) the police, the fuzz, the cops

Synonyms

• polizia

Anagrams

• lupa

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Malay

Alternative forms

• pulak (dialectal, colloquial)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /pu.lə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /pu.la/
• Rhymes: -ulə, -lə, -ə

Adverb

pula (Jawi spelling ڤولا‎)

1. in turn (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned; accordingly or similarly; with respect to sequence, precedence, or hierarchy)
   • 2018 August 14, Mohamad Asyramisyanie, “39 pasukan bakal berentap [39 teams bound to compete]”, in Media Permata‎^[1], archived from the original on 30 October 2018:

     Bagi Kumpulan C pula akan disertai oleh Pasukan BSRC Veteran, PSJD, Rimba Star, IV Team (DST) dan Azadi FT. Dalam Kumpulan D pula akan disertai oleh Pasukan ITF, Manggis FC, SM FC, Mengelela FC dan PMS.

     Group C, in turn, will be joined by BSRC Veteran Team, PSJD, Rimba Star, IV Team (DST) and Azadi FT, while Group D, in turn, will be joined by ITF Team, Manggis FC, SM FC, Mengelela FC and PMS.

Further reading

• “pula” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mbúdà.

Noun

pula

1. rain

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

pula (present tense puler, past tense pulte, past participle pult, passive infinitive pulast, present participle pulande, imperative pul)

1. Alternative form of pule

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Pipil

Etymology

From Spanish plátano (“plantain”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈpula/

Noun

pula (plural pujpula)

1. plantain

   Asi se siwat wan se takat kiwikat se pula tishkal

   A woman and a man arrived and brought roasted plantain

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Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʊlɐ]

Pronoun

pula (third person dual, accusative pulanya, possessive/purposive pulampa, locative pulala)

1. they two

Related terms

Pitjantjatjara personal pronouns (nominative case)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
First person	ngayulu (I) Bound form: -ṉa	ngali (we two) Bound form: -li	nganaṉa (we, more than two) Bound form: -la
Second person	nyuntu (you) Bound form: -n	nyupali (you two)	nyura (you, more than two)
Third person	paluṟu (he/she/it)	pula (they two)	tjana (they, more than two) Bound form: -ya

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Portuguese

Verb

pula

1. third-person singular present indicative of pular
2. second-person singular imperative of pular

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Romanian

Etymology

Definite form of pulă, probably from Latin pulla, feminine of pullus (“offspring, child, cub, chick, etc.”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpula]

Adverb

pula

1. (slang, intensifies adjectives) fucking

   Sunt obosit, în pula mea!

   I'm fucking tired!

Noun

pula

1. definite nominative singular of pulă
2. definite accusative singular of pulă

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Romansch

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pula f (plural pulas)

1. (Surmiran) butterfly, moth

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) bella
• (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) bula

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) spler
• (Rumantsch Grischun) tgiralla
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) tschitta
• (Puter) chüralla
• (Vallader) splerin

Etymology 2

From Latin pulla (“hen”).

Noun

pula f (plural pulas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) hen

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) giaglina
• (Sursilvan) gaglina
• (Sutsilvan) gagliegna
• (Surmiran) gagligna
• (Puter) gillina
• (Vallader) giallina

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Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mbúdà.

Noun

pula 9 or 10 (plural lipula)

1. rain

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Spanish

Verb

pula

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of pulir.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of pulir.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of pulir.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of pulir.

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʊˈla/

Noun

pulá

1. red (color)
2. egg yolk

Adjective

pulá

1. red (color)

Derived terms

• mamula
• mapula
• pulahan
• pumula

 

Etymology 2

Noun

pulà

1. adverse criticism; act of finding fault with another

Synonyms

• pintas
• pamimintas
• pista
• pamimista

Anagrams

• lupa

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Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mbúdà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.la/

Noun

pula 9/10 (plural dipula)

1. rain
2. pula (currency)
3. a popular toast

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Volapük

Noun

pula

1. genitive singular of pul

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Waray-Waray

Adjective

pulá

1. red

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Xhosa

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

-pula^?

1. (transitive) to rinse

   Synonyms: -hlambulula, -pulusha

Inflection

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