pula

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

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

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

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

pula

1. (Southern Africa) Rain, used as an expression of greeting or good luck.
   • 2020 March 31, Government of Botswana, “State of Public Emergency — S.I. No. 59 of 2020”, in Republic of Botswana Government Gazette Extraordinary‎^[1], page C213:

     Given under my hand and the Public Seal at Gaborone this 31st day of March, 2020. / PULA!

2. The currency of Botswana, divided into 100 thebe.

• Palu, Paul, ULPA, paul

From Proto-Austronesian *mula

• IPA^(key): /pula/

pula

1. to plant

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pula.

• Hyphenation: pu‧la
• IPA^(key): /puˈla/ [puˈl̪a]

pulá

1. red (color/colour)

• Hyphenation: pu‧la
• IPA^(key): /ˈpula/ [ˈpu.l̪a]

púla

1. mute, a person unable to speak

• puwa — Metro Cebu, Bohol, Leyte

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pula.

• (Sialo) IPA^(key): /puˈla/ [pʊˈl̪a]
• (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Leyte) IPA^(key): /puˈa/ [ˈpwa]
• Hyphenation: pu‧la

pulá

1. red (color/colour)

pulá

1. red (color/colour)
2. egg yolk

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pula.

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.

pula f

1. penis

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpulɑ/, [ˈpulɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ulɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): pu‧la

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

• “pula”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• Paul, lupa

pula

1. inflection of pulir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative
2. inflection of pular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

pula

1. also

   Synonym: juga

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.la/
• Rhymes: -ula
• Hyphenation: pù‧la

From Latin āplūda.

pula f (plural pule)

1. chaff

From a regional form of Italian polizia, that is pulizia.

pula

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

   Synonym: polizia

• lupa

pula

1. paddle

• pulak (dialectal, colloquial)

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

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /pulə/, /pulaʔ/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /pula/
• Rhymes: -ulə, -lə, -ə
• Rhymes: -a

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^[3], 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.

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

From Proto-Bantu *mbúdà.

pula

1. rain

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

1. Alternative form of pule

From Spanish plátano (“plantain”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈpula/

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʊlɐ]

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

1. they two

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.la/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: pu‧la

Borrowed from French poule.

pula f

1. pool (supply of resources)
2. stake (wager or pledge)
3. (card games) pool, stakes, the pot (money available to be won)

   Synonym: stawka

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pula

1. third-person singular present of pulać

• pula in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pula in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hyphenation: pu‧la

pula m (plural pulas)

1. pula (the currency of Botswana)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pula

1. inflection of pular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. inflection of polir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈpula]

pula

1. (vulgar, intensifies adjectives) fucking

   Sunt obosit în pula mea!

   I'm fucking tired!

pula

1. (vulgar, slang) bullshit! (expression of disbelief)

   E ușor, pula!

   It's easy, bullshit!

pula

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of pulă

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

pula f (plural pulas)

1. (Surmiran) butterfly, moth

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

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

From Latin pulla (“hen”).

pula f (plural pulas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) hen

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

From Proto-Bantu *mbúdà.

pula class 9/10 (plural lipula)

1. rain

pula

1. inflection of pulir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

From dialectal pula (“work, toil, pound, hit, have sex, mate, and more”). Compare Danish pule, Icelandic púla. Perhaps the same word as Middle Low German pulen (“extricate with the fingers”), and cognate with Old English pullian (“to pluck, pull”). See also pulla (“finger”).

pula (present pular, preterite pulade, supine pulat, imperative pula)

1. (colloquial) to tinker, to potter

   Synonyms: påta, pyssla

2. (with a particle like ner (“down”) or in (“in”)) to stuff (press, compressing or scrunching)

   Han pulade ner papperslappen i fickan

   He stuffed the piece of paper into his pocket

3. (colloquial, regional) to rub snow in someone's face

   Synonyms: snöpula, mula

• pula in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pula in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pula in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Fula Ordboken

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pula. Compare Aklanon puea and Asi puya.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /puˈla/ [pʊˈla]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pu‧la

pulá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎ)

1. red (color/colour)

pulá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎ)

1. red (color/colour)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpulaʔ/ [ˈpuː.lɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ulaʔ
• Syllabification: pu‧la

pulà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎ)

1. adverse criticism; act of finding fault with another

   Synonyms: pintas, pamimintas, pista, pamimista

• ulap, Lupa, lupa

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pula.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /pula/ [pʊˈla]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pu‧la

pula (Sulat Sūg spelling فُلَ)

1. red

From Proto-Bantu *mbúdà.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.la/

pula class 9/10 (plural dipula)

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

pula

1. genitive singular of pul

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pula.

pulá

1. red

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.l̪a/

pula

1. (ditransitive) to give

   Synonym: pi

2. (ditransitive) to sell

   Synonym: pi

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[4], Pacific linguistics

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

-pula^?

1. (transitive) to rinse

   Synonyms: -hlambulula, -pulusha

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