pulla

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish pulla, from Swedish bulle.

Noun

pulla (plural pullas)

1. cardamom bread (sweet, leavened baked good made of wheat and flavored with crushed cardamom, resembling very soft bread in consistency, eaten in Finland)

Anagrams

• Paull, all-up, pallu

Etymology

From Swedish bulle.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pul‧la
• IPA^(key): /ˈpulːɑ/

Noun

pulla

1. bun, cardamom bread (mildly sweet, leavened baked good made of wheat and flavored with crushed cardamom, resembling very soft bread in consistency)
2. ball; as headword in names of some foodstuffs, e.g lihapulla (“meatball”), falafel-pulla (“falafel ball”)

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpul.la/, [ˈpʊl.la]

Adjective

pulla

1. nominative feminine singular of pullus
2. nominative neuter plural of pullus
3. accusative neuter plural of pullus
4. vocative feminine singular of pullus
5. vocative neuter plural of pullus

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpul.laː/, [ˈpʊl.laː]

Adjective

pullā

1. ablative feminine singular of pullus

References

• pulla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Etymology

From Portuguese pulha.

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈpuʎa/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈpuɟ͡ʝa/, [ˈpuʝa]

Noun

pulla f (plural pullas)

1. an obscenity
2. a gibe; a burn; a dig

Verb

pulla (present pullar, preterite pullade, supine pullat, imperative pulla)

1. (vulgar) to masturbate (of females)