fulla

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English

Etymology 1

Corruption of fellow, 1970s.

Noun

fulla (plural fullas)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) Man, especially one of indigenous descent.
    Synonym: fellow
    • 2012, Gayle Kennedy, Me, Antman and Fleabag, →ISBN:
      While we was wanderin round the stalls tryin, in vain it turns out, ta find a food stall that sold tucker with meat in it, we came across a stall sellin didjeridoos, or yidakis as the fulla sellin em liked to call em.
    • 2013, Patricia Grace, The Dream Sleepers, →ISBN:
      Pick me up later young fulla, ten past five.
    • 2018, Ngaio Marsh, Stella Duffy, Money in the Morgue, →ISBN, page 242:
      'Too many of our own fullas like that as well,' Brayling said darkly.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Preposition

fulla

  1. (informal) Full of.
    • 2011, Donald E Westlake, Why Me?, →ISBN:
      Both parts, fulla shit.”
    • 2012, C.G. Gardiner, Melting Pot Blues, →ISBN, page 45:
      He's fulla . . . fulla crap.
    • 2014, Ray Garton, Trailer Park Noir, →ISBN:
      Ted's always fulla good stories.

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin folia, from the plural of Latin folium, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom (“leaf”), from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). Compare Occitan fuèlha (Old Occitan folha), French feuille, Spanish hoja.

Pronunciation

Noun

fulla f (plural fulles)

  1. leaf
  2. sheet, thin plate
  3. blade
  4. (mathematics) sheet
    hiperboloide d'una fulla ― one-sheet hyperboloid
Derived terms

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Etymology 2

Verb

fulla

  1. inflection of fullar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

fulla

  1. singular imperative of fullian

Swedish

Adjective

fulla

  1. inflection of full:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural
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