pula

See also: Pula and pulă

English

Etymology

From Tswana pula, Northern Sotho pula, Sotho pula (“rain”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pula (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

• Paul

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Dalmatian

Etymology

Possibly from Latin *pūbula < pūbes, or from pulla. Compare Romanian pulă.

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.

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, scrape, pinch, deep water

Declension

Declension of pula (Kotus type 10/koira)

		singular	plural
nominative		pula	pulat
accusative	zero?	pula	pulat
	normal	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

Derived terms

• olla pulassa = to be in a pinch
• joutua pulaan = to get into difficulties
• jättää pulaan

Anagrams

• 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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Italian

Noun

pula f (plural pule)

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

Synonyms

• polizia

Anagrams

• lupa

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Northern Sotho

Noun

pula

1. rain

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Pitjantjatjara

Pronoun

pula

1. the two of them

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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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpula]

Etymology

From Latin pulla, feminine of pullus (“offspring, child, cub, chick, etc.”)

Adverb

pula

1. (slang, intensifies adjectives) fucking

   sunt obosit, în pula mea!

   I'm fucking tired!

Noun

pula

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

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Romansch

Etymology 1

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

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

Noun

pula class 9/10 (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

Adjective

pula

1. red

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Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.la/

Noun

pula CLASS 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