pu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pu"

Aiwoo

Etymology 1

Verb

pu

  1. to go
  2. to walk

Etymology 2

Verb

pu

  1. (of abscesses) to swell

References

Chuukese

Noun

pu

  1. betel nut

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

pu (intransitive, hence invariable)

  1. past participle of pouvoir

Etymology 2

Verb

pu

  1. (falconry) past participle of paître

Japanese

Romanization

pu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぷ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of プ

Kilmeri

Noun

pu

  1. water
    Kanu pu imiyo lili.
    The canoe floats on the water.

References
  • Gerstner-Link, Claudia. A Grammar of Kilmeri. (2018). Page 94.

Lamboya

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun, from Proto-Austronesian *puqun. Compare Indonesian pohon.

Noun

pu

  1. tree

References
  • Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011), “pu”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 82

Mandarin

Romanization

pu (Zhuyin ˙ㄆㄨ)

  1. Nonstandard spelling of pū.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of pú.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of pǔ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of pù.

Usage notes
  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *puu, from Proto-Uralic *puxe.

Noun

pu

  1. tree
  2. wood

Inflection
Inflection of pu
nominative sing. pu
genitive sing. pun
partitive sing. pud
partitive plur. puid
singular plural
nominative pu pud
accusative pun pud
genitive pun puiden
partitive pud puid
essive-instructive pun puin
translative puks puikš
inessive pus puiš
elative puspäi puišpäi
illative ? puihe
adessive pul puil
ablative pulpäi puilpäi
allative pule puile
abessive puta puita
comitative punke puidenke
prolative pudme puidme
approximative I punno puidenno
approximative II punnoks puidennoks
egressive punnopäi puidennopäi
terminative I ? puihesai
terminative II pulesai puilesai
terminative III pussai —
additive I ? puihepäi
additive II pulepäi puilepäi

Derived terms
  • puine
  • birbincpu
  • jablon'pu
  • kananpu
  • tugipu
  • vinpu
  • voipu
  • öpu
  • pujaugad
  • pukujo
  • pusep

References
  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “дерево, древесина”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Yupiltepeque

Pronunciation

Noun

pu

  1. hand

References
  • Vocabularios de la lengua xinca de Sinacantan (1868, D. Juan Gavarrete)
  • Chris Rogers, The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages

Zou

Noun

pu

  1. uncle (the mother's brother)

References
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