pudu

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See also: pudú, pǔdù, půdu, and Pudu

English

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A pudu at Edinburgh Zoo.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From South American Spanish pudú, from Mapudungun pudu (small deer).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpuːduː/, /puːˈduː/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

pudu (plural pudus or pudu)

  1. A very small South American deer of the genus Pudu (in some classifications divided to Pudu and Pudella), native to the Andes.
    Synonym: (archaic) venada
    • 1998, Valerius Geist, Deer of the World, page 120:
      Whereas the southern pudu is more uniformly dark chestnut-brown, the northern form is light but has a very dark (aggressive) face in both sexes.
    • 2002 November 30, Chris Moss, The Guardian:
      In the undergrowth, native pudú deer scutter, lower than knee-height and wary of visitors; even shyer are the tall, elegant huemul deer, threatened almost to extinction and now only to be found high up the mountainsides.
    • 2008, Sharon R Chester, A Wildlife Guide to Chile, page 309:
      Although protected by law, pudus are hunted locally for their hide and meat.

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

< Spanish pudú < Mapudungun pudu

Pronunciation

Noun

pudu

  1. pudu (small deer of genera Pudu and Pudella)
  2. southern pudu, Pudu puda

Declension

Inflection of pudu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative pudu pudut
genitive pudun pudujen
partitive pudua puduja
illative puduun puduihin
singular plural
nominative pudu pudut
accusative nom. pudu pudut
gen. pudun
genitive pudun pudujen
partitive pudua puduja
inessive pudussa puduissa
elative pudusta puduista
illative puduun puduihin
adessive pudulla puduilla
ablative pudulta puduilta
allative pudulle puduille
essive puduna puduina
translative puduksi puduiksi
abessive pudutta puduitta
instructive puduin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of pudu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative puduni puduni
accusative nom. puduni puduni
gen. puduni
genitive puduni pudujeni
partitive puduani pudujani
inessive pudussani puduissani
elative pudustani puduistani
illative puduuni puduihini
adessive pudullani puduillani
ablative pudultani puduiltani
allative pudulleni puduilleni
essive pudunani puduinani
translative pudukseni puduikseni
abessive puduttani puduittani
instructive
comitative puduineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pudusi pudusi
accusative nom. pudusi pudusi
gen. pudusi
genitive pudusi pudujesi
partitive puduasi pudujasi
inessive pudussasi puduissasi
elative pudustasi puduistasi
illative puduusi puduihisi
adessive pudullasi puduillasi
ablative pudultasi puduiltasi
allative pudullesi puduillesi
essive pudunasi puduinasi
translative puduksesi puduiksesi
abessive puduttasi puduittasi
instructive
comitative puduinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pudumme pudumme
accusative nom. pudumme pudumme
gen. pudumme
genitive pudumme pudujemme
partitive puduamme pudujamme
inessive pudussamme puduissamme
elative pudustamme puduistamme
illative puduumme puduihimme
adessive pudullamme puduillamme
ablative pudultamme puduiltamme
allative pudullemme puduillemme
essive pudunamme puduinamme
translative puduksemme puduiksemme
abessive puduttamme puduittamme
instructive
comitative puduinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pudunne pudunne
accusative nom. pudunne pudunne
gen. pudunne
genitive pudunne pudujenne
partitive puduanne pudujanne
inessive pudussanne puduissanne
elative pudustanne puduistanne
illative puduunne puduihinne
adessive pudullanne puduillanne
ablative pudultanne puduiltanne
allative pudullenne puduillenne
essive pudunanne puduinanne
translative puduksenne puduiksenne
abessive puduttanne puduittanne
instructive
comitative puduinenne

Derived terms

Italian

Noun

pudu m (invariable)

  1. pudú