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See also: Appendix:Variations of "pu"

Translingual

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pu

  1. (electrical engineering) per unit

Äiwoo

Etymology 1

Verb

pu

  1. to go
  2. to walk

Etymology 2

Verb

pu

  1. (of abscesses) to swell

References

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Anguthimri

Verb

pu

  1. (transitive, Mpakwithi) to do
  2. (transitive, Mpakwithi) to throw

References

  • Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 187

Champenois

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old French puis, from Latin puteus.

Pronunciation

Noun

pu m (plural pus)

  1. (Troyen, Langrois, Rémois) a well

References

  • Daunay, Jean (1998), Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎ (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885), Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎ (in French), Troyes
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Chuukese

Noun

pu

  1. betel nut

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Participle

pu (intransitive, hence invariable)

  1. past participle of pouvoir

Etymology 2

Participle

pu (feminine pue, masculine plural pus, feminine plural pues)

  1. (falconry) past participle of paître

Etymology 3

Adverb

pu

  1. (Quebec, colloquial) alternative form of plus
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Japanese

Romanization

pu

  1. The hiragana syllable ぷ (pu) or the katakana syllable プ (pu) in Hepburn romanization.

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puəq. Compare Malay empu, Indonesian empu, Old Javanese mpu Tagalog po. Also possibly from clipping of impu / apu (“grandmother”) or apung ginu (“god”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuʔ/ [ˈpuʔ]
  • Hyphenation: pu

Particle

pu

  1. marks respect toward the person the speaker is addressing
    Malawus kayu pu. ― Come on in, Sir/Ma'am.
    Munta ku pu pisamban, Ma. ― I am going to church, Mother.
    Po? ― Pardon?

Usage notes

  • The word does not appear at a beginning of a sentence unless used alone.
  • The word pu changes to po if it is an exclamation or a question.
  • The word pu usually replaces opu when in the middle of a sentence.

Derived terms

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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.

Laboya

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 (pu5 / pu0, Zhuyin ˙ㄆㄨ)

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

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mbya Guarani

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: pu

Etymology 1

Cognate with Paraguayan Guarani and Old Tupi pu.

Noun

pu

  1. noise

Etymology 2

Cognate with Old Tupi puk.

Verb

pu

  1. (intransitive) to be perforated
    Xekamixa opu.
    My shirt is perforated.
Conjugation
More information singular, plural ...

References

  • Robert A. Dooley (August 2016), “pu”, in Léxico guarani, dialeto mbyá: guarani-português (overall work in Portuguese), Anápolis: SIL Brasil, page 158

Mizo

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Kuki-Chin *puu (“to carry”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *puʔ.

    Verb

    pu (stem II put)

    1. to carry
    2. to look after

    Etymology 2

      From Proto-Kuki-Chin *puu (“grandfather”).

      Noun

      pu

      1. grandfather
      2. father-in-law
      3. a man in charge of something

      Further reading

      Old Javanese

      Etymology

      Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *empu (“grandparent/grandchild; ancestor; lord, master, owner”).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /pu/
      • Rhymes: -pu
      • Hyphenation: pu

      Noun

      pu

      1. distinguished person,
      2. master
      3. lord

      Alternative forms

      Derived terms

      Descendants

      • Javanese: ꦥꦸ (pu)

      Further reading

      • "pu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

      Paraguayan Guarani

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      pu (plural pukuéra)

      1. sound

      Alternative forms

      • tyapu

      Polish

      Pronunciation

      Preposition

      pu

      1. (Kuyavia, Near Masovian) alternative form of ku

      Further reading

      • Oskar Kolberg (1867), “pu”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 275
      • Władysław Matlakowski (1892), “pu”, in Słownik wyrazów ludowych zebranych w Czerskiem i na Kujawach (in Polish), Kraków: nakł. Akademii Umiejętności; Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego pod zarządem A. M. Kosterkiewicza, page 15

      Portuguese

      Etymology

      Onomatopoeic.

      Pronunciation

      • Rhymes: -u
      • Hyphenation: pu

      Noun

      pu m (plural pus)

      1. (childish, regional) synonym of pum (“fart”)

      Further reading

      Romanian

      Etymology

      Onomatopoeic.

      Interjection

      pu

      1. imits the cry of a hoopoe

      Tagalog

      Tagalog numbers (edit)
      100
      10
          Cardinal: sampu
          Spanish cardinal: diyes
          Ordinal: ikapu, ikasampu, pansampu
          Ordinal abbreviation: ika-10, pang-10
          Adverbial: makasampu
          Multiplier: sampung ibayo
          Distributive: tigsampu, sampuan, sampu-sampu
          Collective: pu, desena
          Restrictive: sasampu
          Fractional:
      kapulo      , ikapulo, saikapulo, kapu, ikapu, saikapu,
      kasampu      , sangkasampu, ikasampu, saikasampu
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      Alternative forms

      Etymology

      From earlier puo, from puwo, with elision of /l/ from pulo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puluq, from Proto-Austronesian *puluq. Compare Ilocano pullo, Pangasinan polo, Kapampangan apulu, Asi puyo, Bikol Central pulo, Aklanon napueo, Cebuano napulo, Maranao polo', Maguindanao pulu, and Malay puluh.

      Pronunciation

      Numeral

      pû (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓ) (mathematics)

      1. ten (set of ten)
        Synonym: desena

      Derived terms

      See also

      Further reading

      Tai Do

      Etymology

      From Chinese 阜 (OC *buʔ). Cognate with Thai ภู (puu), Lao ພູ (phū).

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      pu

      1. mountain, hill

      Veps

      Etymology

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

      Noun

      pu

      1. tree
      2. wood

      Inflection

      More information Inflection of (inflection type 13/ma), nominative sing. ...

      Derived terms

      • birbincpu
      • jablonʹpu
      • kananpu
      • puine
      • pujaugad
      • pukujo
      • pusep
      • tugipu
      • vinpu
      • voipu
      • öpu

      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

      West Makian

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      pu

      1. mountain

      References

      • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

      Yoruba

      Etymology

      Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *kpa, possibly a Doublet of kú. Compare with Yoruba pa, Àhàn pu.

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      pu

      1. (Ijebu, transitive) to kill
        1. (Ijebu, transitive) to murder
          Ó pu ìyàwó ẹ̀.
          He murdered his wife.
        2. (Ijebu, transitive) to execute
        3. (Ijebu, transitive) to switch off, to turn off
          Pu iná yẹn
          Turn off the lights.

      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

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      pu

      1. maternal uncle (mother's brother)

      References

      • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45

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