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

Inflection of pula (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

		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		pulalleˣ	pulilleˣ
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 (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

§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