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Pulu
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Pu′lu
,Noun.
A vegetable substance consisting of soft, elastic, yellowish brown chaff, gathered in the Hawaiian Islands from the young fronds of free ferns of the genus
Cibotium
, chiefly Cibotium Menziesii
; – used for stuffing mattresses, cushions, etc., and as an absorbent. Definition 2024
pulu
pulu
See also: pùlù
English
Noun
pulu (uncountable)
Chamorro
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu.
Noun
pulu
- (anatomy) hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)
- feather
Finnish
(index pu)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpulu]
- Hyphenation: pu‧lu
- Rhymes: -u
Noun
pulu
- (colloquial) feral pigeon (Columba livia, syn. Columba livia domestica)
- cushat (informal term for domesticated pigeons)
Declension
| Inflection of pulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pulu | pulut | |
| genitive | pulun | pulujen | |
| partitive | pulua | puluja | |
| illative | puluun | puluihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pulu | pulut | |
| accusative | nom. | pulu | pulut |
| gen. | pulun | ||
| genitive | pulun | pulujen | |
| partitive | pulua | puluja | |
| inessive | pulussa | puluissa | |
| elative | pulusta | puluista | |
| illative | puluun | puluihin | |
| adessive | pululla | puluilla | |
| ablative | pululta | puluilta | |
| allative | pululle | puluille | |
| essive | puluna | puluina | |
| translative | puluksi | puluiksi | |
| instructive | — | puluin | |
| abessive | pulutta | puluitta | |
| comitative | — | puluineen | |
Synonyms
- (Columba livia domestica): kesykyyhky