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Acehnese
Etymology
Akin to Malay pulau .
Pronunciation
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Noun
pulo
island
Balinese
Etymology
Cognate of Indonesian pulau ( “ island ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /pulo/
Hyphenation: pu‧lo
Noun
pulo (Balinese script ᬧᬸᬮᭀ )
island
Cebuano
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *pujuq .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /puˈloʔ/
Hyphenation: pu‧lo
Noun
pulô (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ )
island ; isle ; islet
Synonym: isla
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈpuloʔ/
Hyphenation: pu‧lo
Numeral
pulò (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ )
Clipping of napulo .
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin pūlex .
Pronunciation
Noun
pulo (accusative singular pulon , plural puloj , accusative plural pulojn )
flea
La hundo havas pulojn . The dog has fleas.
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology 1
Deverbal from pular .
Pronunciation
Noun
pulo m (plural pulos )
jump
Synonyms: chimpo , salto
thrust , impulse
Etymology 2
Verb
pulo
first-person singular present indicative of pulir
first-person singular present indicative of pular
References
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006 –2013 ), “pulo ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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 )
( regional ) a sinkhole in the Apulia region, in Italy
Synonyms: dolina , pulicchio
Anagrams
Javanese
Romanization
pulo
romanization of ꦥꦸꦭꦺꦴ
Old Javanese
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pulaw .
Noun
pulo
island
Synonyms: dīpa , dwīpa , gili , muhara , nūsa , pulo
Descendants
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
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
Rhymes: -ulu
Hyphenation: pu‧lo
Etymology 1
Deverbal from pular ( “ to jump ” ) .
Noun
pulo m (plural pulos )
jump
Synonym: salto
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pulo
first-person singular present indicative of pular
first-person singular present indicative of polir
Spanish
Verb
pulo
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 )
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
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Philippine *pujuq . Probably cognate with Tausug pū' .
Noun
pulô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ )
island ( area of land completely surrounded by water )
Synonym: isla
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puluq . Compare Malay puluh .
Noun
pulô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ )
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
Further reading
“pulo ”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila, 2018
Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914 ) Diccionario tagálog-hispano , 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 (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835 ) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte. (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
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
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