fulla
English
Etymology 1
Corruption of fellow, 1970s.
Noun
fulla (plural fullas)
- (Australia, New Zealand) Man, especially one of indigenous decent.
- 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
- blackfulla
Preposition
fulla
- (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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Further reading
- “fulla”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Catalan
Etymology
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
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈfu.ʎə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈfu.ʎa/
Audio (file)
Noun
fulla f (plural fulles)
- leaf
- sheet, thin plate
- blade
- (mathematics) sheet
- hiperboloide d'una fulla ― one-sheet hyperboloid
Derived terms
- fulla d'afaitar
- fullar
- fullaraca
- fullatge
- fullola
- fullós
Related terms
- full
Further reading
- “fulla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fulla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “fulla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “fulla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Swedish
Adjective
fulla
- absolute singular definite and plural form of full.