pulin

See also: pulín and pǔlín

Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

pulin

1. instructive plural of pula

Etymology 2

Noun

pulin

1. genitive singular of puli

Anagrams

• lipun

Hungarian

Etymology

puli +‎ -n

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpulin]
• Hyphenation: pu‧lin

Noun

pulin

1. superessive singular of puli

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• polin — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish polín (“wooden roller; idler”), from French poulain (“foal; colt”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /puˈlin/ [pʊˈlɪn̪]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: pu‧lin

Noun

pulín (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜒᜈ᜔)

1. roller or cylinder of wood or metal over which heavy unliftable objects are rolled for easier movement

   Synonyms: rodilyo, pagulungan, roler, paralis

Etymology 2

Possible back-formation from pulinan, from puli +‎ -nan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpulin/ [ˈpuː.lɪn̪]
• Rhymes: -ulin
• Syllabification: pu‧lin

Noun

pulin (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜒᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

1. substitution, replacement, or taking the place of a person or animal unable to continue a task, duty, or position

   Synonyms: halili, palit, puli

Derived terms

• pulinan

Further reading

• “pulin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎ (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.