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See also: pull a and Pulla

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish pulla, from Swedish bulle. Doublet of bowl and boule.

Noun

pulla (countable and uncountable, plural pullas)

  1. A sweet, leavened baked good made of wheat and flavored with crushed cardamom, resembling very soft bread in consistency, eaten in Finland.
    • 1986, Melissa Ladenheim, "The sauna in central New York:
      "Then we would all have coffee and pulla bread," recalled Hilma Wainio of Spencer.
    • 1991 September 22, Eleanor Charles, “Connecticut Guide”, in The New York Times:
      Other locally made items include pulla, a foot-long braided bread flavored with cardamom and priced at $6 a loaf, and wood carvings.
    • 1992, Joan Potter Loveless, Three Weavers, page 29:
      Pulla is a braided yeast loaf, flavored with freshly ground cardamom and sprinkled with chopped almonds and sugar []
    • 1992, Aili Jarvenpa, In Two Cultures: The Stories of Second Generation Finnish Americans:
      I remember the best, the years on the farm, wild roses and mushrooms that you picked near the pasture, cardamom pulla warm from the oven, []
    • 2013, Colleen Coble, Rock Harbor Search and Rescue: Lost and Found, page 106:
      Come on, your dad's grabbed us all some pullas and cider.
    • 2018, Jeff Hertzberg, M.D., Zoë François, Holiday and Celebration Bread in Five Minutes a Day: Sweet and Decadent Baking for Every Occasion:
      You can expect to be served a slice of pulla with your afternoon coffee in any Finnish household.

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Finnish

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Varieties of pulla.

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish bulle, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ. Doublet of pullo.

Pronunciation

Noun

pulla

  1. cardamom bread, pulla (mildly sweet, leavened baked good made of wheat and flavored with crushed cardamom, resembling very soft bread in consistency)
    Synonyms: nisu, vehnänen
  2. (broadly) sweet roll, sweet bun (sweet, leavened baked good, often small enough to comprise a single serving)
    Synonyms: nisu, vehnänen
  3. (in compounds) ball (roundish food made of meat or similar ingredient and often cooked)
    Synonym: pyörykkä
    lihapullameatball
    falafel-pullafalafel ball

Declension

Inflection of pulla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative pulla pullat
genitive pullan pullien
partitive pullaa pullia
illative pullaan pulliin
singular plural
nominative pulla pullat
accusative nom. pulla pullat
gen. pullan
genitive pullan pullien
pullain rare
partitive pullaa pullia
inessive pullassa pullissa
elative pullasta pullista
illative pullaan pulliin
adessive pullalla pullilla
ablative pullalta pullilta
allative pullalle pullille
essive pullana pullina
translative pullaksi pulliksi
abessive pullatta pullitta
instructive pullin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of pulla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pullani pullani
accusative nom. pullani pullani
gen. pullani
genitive pullani pullieni
pullaini rare
partitive pullaani pulliani
inessive pullassani pullissani
elative pullastani pullistani
illative pullaani pulliini
adessive pullallani pullillani
ablative pullaltani pulliltani
allative pullalleni pullilleni
essive pullanani pullinani
translative pullakseni pullikseni
abessive pullattani pullittani
instructive
comitative pullineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pullasi pullasi
accusative nom. pullasi pullasi
gen. pullasi
genitive pullasi pulliesi
pullaisi rare
partitive pullaasi pulliasi
inessive pullassasi pullissasi
elative pullastasi pullistasi
illative pullaasi pulliisi
adessive pullallasi pullillasi
ablative pullaltasi pulliltasi
allative pullallesi pullillesi
essive pullanasi pullinasi
translative pullaksesi pulliksesi
abessive pullattasi pullittasi
instructive
comitative pullinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pullamme pullamme
accusative nom. pullamme pullamme
gen. pullamme
genitive pullamme pulliemme
pullaimme rare
partitive pullaamme pulliamme
inessive pullassamme pullissamme
elative pullastamme pullistamme
illative pullaamme pulliimme
adessive pullallamme pullillamme
ablative pullaltamme pulliltamme
allative pullallemme pullillemme
essive pullanamme pullinamme
translative pullaksemme pulliksemme
abessive pullattamme pullittamme
instructive
comitative pullinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pullanne pullanne
accusative nom. pullanne pullanne
gen. pullanne
genitive pullanne pullienne
pullainne rare
partitive pullaanne pullianne
inessive pullassanne pullissanne
elative pullastanne pullistanne
illative pullaanne pulliinne
adessive pullallanne pullillanne
ablative pullaltanne pulliltanne
allative pullallenne pullillenne
essive pullananne pullinanne
translative pullaksenne pulliksenne
abessive pullattanne pullittanne
instructive
comitative pullinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative pullansa pullansa
accusative nom. pullansa pullansa
gen. pullansa
genitive pullansa pulliensa
pullainsa rare
partitive pullaansa pulliaan
pulliansa
inessive pullassaan
pullassansa
pullissaan
pullissansa
elative pullastaan
pullastansa
pullistaan
pullistansa
illative pullaansa pulliinsa
adessive pullallaan
pullallansa
pullillaan
pullillansa
ablative pullaltaan
pullaltansa
pulliltaan
pulliltansa
allative pullalleen
pullallensa
pullilleen
pullillensa
essive pullanaan
pullanansa
pullinaan
pullinansa
translative pullakseen
pullaksensa
pullikseen
pulliksensa
abessive pullattaan
pullattansa
pullittaan
pullittansa
instructive
comitative pullineen
pullinensa

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: pulla

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

pulla

  1. inflection of pullus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

pullā

  1. ablative feminine singular of pullus

References

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pulha.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈpuʝa/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ˈpuʎa/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈpuʃa/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈpuʒa/

 

  • Syllabification: pu‧lla

Noun

pulla f (plural pullas)

  1. an obscenity
  2. a gibe; a burn; a dig

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Further reading

Swedish

Etymology 1

From the interjection pull, used to attract a hen or other bird. Compare the origins of kisse, misse, and pålle.

Noun

pulla c

  1. (colloquial) a hen
    Synonym: höna
Declension

Etymology 2

Perhaps the same word as pula.

Verb

pulla (present pullar, preterite pullade, supine pullat, imperative pulla)

  1. (vulgar, intransitive and transitive) to finger (oneself, for example during masturbation, or someone else)
    Synonym: fingerpulla
Conjugation
Derived terms
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