pulo

Acehnese

Etymology

Akin to Malay pulau.

Pronunciation

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Noun

pulo

1. island

Balinese

Etymology

Cognate of Indonesian pulau (“island”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pulo/
• Hyphenation: pu‧lo

Noun

pulo (Balinese script ᬧᬸᬮᭀ)

1. island

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *pujuq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈloʔ/ [pʊˈl̪oʔ]
• Hyphenation: pu‧lo

Noun

pulô (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

1. island; isle; islet

   Synonym: isla

Derived terms

• kapupud-an

Etymology 2

Cebuano numbers ^(edit)

		100[a], [b]
[a], [b] ←  1	←  9	10	11  →	20  → [a], [b]
		1[a], [b]
Cardinal: napulò, pulò     Spanish cardinal: diyés     Ordinal: ikanapulò, ikapulô     Adverbial: makanapulò     Distributive: napulò-napulò, tagnapulò     Fractional: sikanapulò

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuloʔ/ [ˈpu.l̪oʔ]
• Hyphenation: pu‧lo

Numeral

pulò (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

1. clipping of napulo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin pūlex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpulo/
• Rhymes: -ulo
• Hyphenation: pu‧lo

Noun

pulo (accusative singular pulon, plural puloj, accusative plural pulojn)

1. flea

   La hundo havas pulojn.

   The dog has fleas.

Anagrams

• lupo

Galician

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpulʊ]

Noun

pulo m (plural pulos)

1. jump

   Synonyms: chimpo, salto

2. thrust, impulse

Etymology 2

Verb

pulo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pulir
2. first-person singular present indicative of pular

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pulo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pulo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pulo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.lo/
• Rhymes: -ulo
• Hyphenation: pù‧lo

Noun

pulo m (plural puli)

1. (regional) a sinkhole in the Apulia region, in Italy

   Synonyms: dolina, pulicchio

Anagrams

• -uplo, Lupo, lupo

Javanese

Romanization

pulo

1. romanization of ꦥꦸꦭꦺꦴ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pulaw.

Noun

pulo

1. island

   Synonyms: dīpa, dwīpa, gili, muhara, nūsa, pulo

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦥꦸꦭꦺꦴ (pulo) (inherited)

Further reading

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

Old Sundanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pulaw.

Noun

pulo

1. island

   Synonym: nusa

   • c. late 15th century, Bujangga Manik, folio 22, recto:

     Itu ta pulo Saṅhyaṅ, hĕlĕt helĕt nusa Lampuṅ, ti timur pulo Tampuruṅ

     There is the Island of Saṅhyaṅ, halfway to the island of Lampuṅ; what lies east (of it) is the island of Tampuruṅ

Descendants

• > Sundanese: pulo (inherited)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.lu/

• Rhymes: -ulu
• Hyphenation: pu‧lo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pular (“to jump”).

Noun

pulo m (plural pulos)

1. jump

   Synonym: salto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pulo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pular
2. first-person singular present indicative of polir

Further reading

• “pulo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Spanish

Verb

pulo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pulir

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Sundanese pulo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Indonesian pulau, Ilocano puro, Malay pulau, Tagalog pulo).

Noun

pulo (Sundanese script ᮕᮥᮜᮧ)

1. island (area of land completely surrounded by water)

   Ngaran Pulo Sangiang baheulana 'Dwars-in-den-weg'.

   The former name of Sangiang Island was 'Dwars-in-den-weg'.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• polo — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /puˈloʔ/ [pʊˈloʔ]
    • Rhymes: -oʔ
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpuloʔ/ [ˈpuː.loʔ] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: pu‧lo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *pujuq. Probably cognate with Tausug pū'.

Noun

pulô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

1. island (area of land completely surrounded by water)

   Synonym: isla

Derived terms

• kapuluan
• pulo-pulo
• Pulong-Bituin
• sangkapuluan

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puluq. Compare Malay puluh.

Noun

pulô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

1. obsolete form of pu

Usage notes

• According to Fr. San José (1610) and Fr. Totanes (1850), pulo was exclusively used when counting in order from one to ten. When asked “How many are there?”, one cannot answer pulo, but only sangpuwo (obsolete variant of sampu).

Derived terms

• ikapulo
• magmamulo
• magtigmumulo
• mamulo
• tigmumulo

Further reading

• “pulo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 1086
• 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.
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎ (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.
• Totanes, Sebastián de (1850), Arte de la lengua tagala: y Manual tagalog, para la administracion de los santos scramentos, que de orden de sus superiores compuso fray Sebastian de Totanes ...‎, Estab. tip. del Colegio de Sto. Tomás, á cargo de D.M. Ramirez
• San José, Francisco de (1610), chapter 19, in Arte y reglas de la lengua Tagala‎, Thomas Pinpin, →ISBN, page 264

Anagrams

• ulop