pulo

See also: pülo

Acehnese

Etymology

Akin to Malay pulau.

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

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /puˈloʔ/ [puˈl̪oʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: 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

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈpuloʔ/ [ˈpuː.l̪oʔ]
• Rhymes: -uloʔ
• Syllabification: pu‧lo

Numeral

pulò (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

1. clipping of napulo

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *plews-

Latin cīmexinflu.

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Latin culexinflu.

Latin pūlexder.

Esperanto pulo

Derived from Latin pūlex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpulo/

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• Rhymes: -ulo
• Syllabification: pu‧lo

Noun

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

1. flea

   La hundo havas pulojn.

   The dog has fleas.

Further reading

• “pulo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “pulo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Anagrams

• lupo

Galician

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin pullare

Galician pulardeverb.

Galician pulo

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 Santamarina, 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 Santamarina, Ernesto X. 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

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpulo/, [ˈpʰu.lɔ]
• Hyphenation: pu‧lo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puluq. Cognate with Malay puluh.

Root

pulo (Lontara spelling ᨄᨘᨒᨚ or 𑻣𑻴𑻮𑻶)

1. precategorial root related to the number ten

Derived terms

affixations

• appulo
• puloang

reduplications

• appulo-pulo
• pulo-pulo

numbers

• annampulo
• limampulo
• patampulo
• ruampulo
• sagantujupulo
• salapampulo
• sampulo
• tallumpulo
• tujupulo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Javanese pulo or Malay pulau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pulaw. Doublet of liukang.

Noun

pulo (Lontara spelling ᨄᨘᨒᨚ or 𑻣𑻴𑻮𑻶, definite puloa)

1. island

   Synonym: liukang

   Pulo apa namangèi?

   Which island did he go to?

Derived terms

reduplications

• pulo-pulo

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pulaw.

Noun

pulo

1. island

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

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦥꦸꦭꦺꦴ (pulo)

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

Polish

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.lɔ/
• Rhymes: -ulɔ
• Syllabification: pu‧lo

Noun

pulo f

1. vocative singular of pula

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.lu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.lu/

• Rhymes: -ulu
• Hyphenation: pu‧lo

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin pullāre

Portuguese pulardeverb.

Portuguese pulo

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, 2008–2026
• “pulo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Sarawak Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pulaw. Compare Malay pulau, and Uneapa vulo (“land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu.lo/

Noun

pulo

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

Sasak

Etymology

Cognate of Indonesian pulau (“island”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pulo (Balinese script ᬧᬸᬮᭀ)

1. island

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 spelling 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

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *pujuq. Compare Central Bikol puro and 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

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puluq, from Proto-Austronesian *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
• maykapulo
• tigmumulo

Further reading

• “pulo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano [Tagalog-Spanish Dictionary] (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 el P. Juan de Noceda y el P. Pedro de Sanlucar. Ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados. [Vocabulary of the Tagalog language, compiled by several learned and serious religious men, and coordinated by Fr. Juan de Noceda and Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar. Recently augmented and corrected by several religious of the calced Order of Augustinians.]‎^[1] (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. [Vocabulary of the Tagalog language, first and second parts. In the first part, Spanish is listed first, followed by Tagalog. In the second part, the opposite is true, with simple roots and their accents.]‎^[2] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva. [The new Printing Press of Sir José María Dayot, by 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 ...‎^[3], 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^[4], Thomas Pinpin, →ISBN, page 264

Anagrams

• ulop