puli

See also: Puli, pulí, pulì, puḻi, púli, púlì, püli, Pǔlǐ, půli, and půlí

English

A puli

Etymology

From Hungarian puli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuːli/

Noun

puli (plural pulik or pulis)

1. One of a breed of Hungarian sheepdog with a distinctive thick, corded coat.
   • 2009 February 11, Katie Thomas, “10-Year-Old Spaniel Completes Comeback”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Other dogs competing in Best in Show were a standard poodle, a Scottish terrier, a puli, a Brussels griffon and a Scottish deerhound.

Synonyms

• Hungarian Puli

Translations

breed of Hungarian sheepdog

• Hebrew: פולי‎ m (puli)
• Hungarian: puli (hu)
• Irish: púilí Ungárach m

See also

• puli on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• puli on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• pilu

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Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puliq.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧li
• IPA^(key): /puˈliʔ/

Noun

pulî

1. (Naga) act of returning home, going home, taking something home

   Synonym: uli

Derived terms

• ipuli
• magpuli
• papuli
• puli-puli
• puruli

 

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuli/, [ˈpuli]
• Rhymes: -uli
• Syllabification^(key): pu‧li

Etymology 1

Shortened from pulituuri (“French polish”), commonly used in the past as surrogate alcohol.

Noun

puli

1. (colloquial) drunkard, sot (one who is badly addicted with alcohol, to the point where the person is completely dependent on it)

   Synonyms: puliukko; see also Thesaurus:juoppo

Declension

Inflection of puli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		puli	pulit
genitive		pulin	pulien
partitive		pulia	puleja
illative		puliin	puleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		puli	pulit
accusative	nom.	puli	pulit
	gen.	pulin
genitive		pulin	pulien
partitive		pulia	puleja
inessive		pulissa	puleissa
elative		pulista	puleista
illative		puliin	puleihin
adessive		pulilla	puleilla
ablative		pulilta	puleilta
allative		pulille	puleille
essive		pulina	puleina
translative		puliksi	puleiksi
instructive		—	pulein
abessive		pulitta	puleitta
comitative		—	puleineen

Possessive forms of puli (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	pulini	pulimme
2nd person	pulisi	pulinne
3rd person	pulinsa

Etymology 2

From Hungarian puli.

Noun

puli

1. puli

Declension

Inflection of puli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		puli	pulit
genitive		pulin	pulien
partitive		pulia	puleja
illative		puliin	puleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		puli	pulit
accusative	nom.	puli	pulit
	gen.	pulin
genitive		pulin	pulien
partitive		pulia	puleja
inessive		pulissa	puleissa
elative		pulista	puleista
illative		puliin	puleihin
adessive		pulilla	puleilla
ablative		pulilta	puleilta
allative		pulille	puleille
essive		pulina	puleina
translative		puliksi	puleiksi
instructive		—	pulein
abessive		pulitta	puleitta
comitative		—	puleineen

Possessive forms of puli (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	pulini	pulimme
2nd person	pulisi	pulinne
3rd person	pulinsa

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Hungarian

puli

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps a variant of pudli (“poodle”) due to the slight similarity of their curly coat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuli]
• Hyphenation: pu‧li
• Rhymes: -li

Noun

puli (plural pulik)

1. Puli (a Hungarian sheepdog with a distinctive thick, corded coat)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	puli	pulik
accusative	pulit	pulikat
dative	pulinak	puliknak
instrumental	pulival	pulikkal
causal-final	puliért	pulikért
translative	pulivá	pulikká
terminative	puliig	pulikig
essive-formal	puliként	pulikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	puliban	pulikban
superessive	pulin	pulikon
adessive	pulinál	puliknál
illative	puliba	pulikba
sublative	pulira	pulikra
allative	pulihoz	pulikhoz
elative	puliból	pulikból
delative	puliról	pulikról
ablative	pulitól	puliktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	pulié	puliké
non-attributive possessive - plural	puliéi	pulikéi

Possessive forms of puli
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	pulim	pulijaim
2nd person sing.	pulid	pulijaid
3rd person sing.	pulija	pulijai
1st person plural	pulink	pulijaink
2nd person plural	pulitok	pulijaitok
3rd person plural	pulijuk	pulijaik

Further reading

• puli in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.li/
• Rhymes: -uli
• Hyphenation: pù‧li

Noun

puli

1. plural of pulo

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pulʲ]

Noun

puli

1. plural of pulă

Usage notes

See pulă and pule.

Synonyms

• pule

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Volapük

Noun

puli

1. accusative singular of pul