pula

See also: Pula and pulă

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Bikol Central

Adjective

pula

  1. red

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pu‧la

Adjective

pula

  1. of the colour red

Noun

pula

  1. the color red
  2. the egg yolk

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

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

  • olla pulassa = to be in a pinch
  • joutua pulaan = to get into difficulties
  • jättää pulaan

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

pula

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of pulir
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of pulir

Indonesian

Adverb

pula

  1. also

Synonyms

Italian

Etymology

From Latin āplūda.

Noun

pula f (plural pule)

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

Synonyms

Anagrams

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *m̀búdà.

Noun

pula

  1. rain

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

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpʊlɐ]

Pronoun

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

  1. they two
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

Portuguese

Verb

pula

  1. third-person singular present indicative of pular
  2. second-person singular imperative of pular

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.

Romansch

Etymology 1

Noun

pula f (plural pulas)

  1. (Surmiran) butterfly, moth
Alternative forms
  • (Sursilvan) bella
  • (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) bula
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

pula f (plural pulas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) hen
Synonyms

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *m̀búdà.

Noun

pula class 9/10 (plural lipula)

  1. rain

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.

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

Anagrams

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

Volapük

Noun

pula

  1. genitive singular of pul

Waray-Waray

Adjective

pulá

  1. red
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