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pui

pui

See also: pu'i

Finnish

Verb

pui

  1. Third person singular indicative present form of puida.
  2. Third person singular indicative past form of puida.
  3. Indicative present connegative form of puida.
  4. Second person singular imperative present form of puida.
  5. Second person singular imperative present connegative form of puida.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin puteus.

Noun

pui m (oblique plural puis, nominative singular puis, nominative plural pui)

  1. well (structure from which water can be drawn)

Descendants


Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [puj]

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin root *pulleus, from Latin pullus. Compare Spanish pollo.

Noun

pui m (plural pui)

  1. chicken
  2. chick
  3. cub, youngling, nestling, whelp, young of an animal, or less comonly of people
  4. darling, dear
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Etymology 2

Verb

pui

  1. second-person singular present tense form of pune.
  2. second-person singular subjunctive form of pune.

Sarasira

Noun

pui

  1. water

References

  • Susanne Holzknecht, The Markham languages of Papua New Guinea (1989), page 71