pula

See also: Pula and pulă

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Paul, ULPA, paul

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Bikol Central

Adjective

pula

1. red

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Cebuano

Alternative forms

• puwa

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧la

Adjective

pula

1. of the colour red

Noun

pula

1. the color red
2. the egg yolk

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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, 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.

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)
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

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

From Latin āplūda.

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

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *m̀búdà.

Noun

pula

1. rain

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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

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 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

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *m̀búdà.

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʊˈla/

Noun

pulá

1. red (colour)
2. egg yolk

Adjective

pulá

1. red (colour)

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 *m̀búdà.

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

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Waray-Waray

Adjective

pulá

1. red