puli
See also: Puli, pulí, pulì, puḻi, púli, púlì, püli, Pǔlǐ, půli, and půlí
English
A puli
Etymology
From Hungarian puli.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpuːli/
Noun
puli (plural pulik or pulis)
- One of a breed of Hungarian sheepdog with a distinctive thick, corded coat.
- 2009 February 11, Katie Thomas, “10-Year-Old Spaniel Completes Comeback”, in New York Times:
- Other dogs competing in Best in Show were a standard poodle, a Scottish terrier, a puli, a Brussels griffon and a Scottish deerhound.
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Synonyms
- Hungarian Puli
Translations
breed of Hungarian sheepdog
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See also
puli on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
puli on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- pilu
Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puliq.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pu‧li
- IPA(key): /puˈliʔ/
Noun
pulî
- (Naga) act of returning home, going home, taking something home
- Synonym: uli
Derived terms
- ipuli
- magpuli
- papuli
- puli-puli
- puruli
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpuli/, [ˈpuli]
- Rhymes: -uli
- Syllabification(key): pu‧li
Etymology 1
Shortened from pulituuri (“French polish”), commonly used in the past as surrogate alcohol.
Noun
puli
- (colloquial) drunkard, sot (one who is badly addicted with alcohol, to the point where the person is completely dependent on it)
- Synonyms: puliukko; see also Thesaurus:juoppo
Declension
| Inflection of puli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | puli | pulit | |
| genitive | pulin | pulien | |
| partitive | pulia | puleja | |
| illative | puliin | puleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | puli | pulit | |
| accusative | nom. | puli | pulit |
| gen. | pulin | ||
| genitive | pulin | pulien | |
| partitive | pulia | puleja | |
| inessive | pulissa | puleissa | |
| elative | pulista | puleista | |
| illative | puliin | puleihin | |
| adessive | pulilla | puleilla | |
| ablative | pulilta | puleilta | |
| allative | pulille | puleille | |
| essive | pulina | puleina | |
| translative | puliksi | puleiksi | |
| instructive | — | pulein | |
| abessive | pulitta | puleitta | |
| comitative | — | puleineen | |
| Possessive forms of puli (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | pulini | pulimme |
| 2nd person | pulisi | pulinne |
| 3rd person | pulinsa | |
Etymology 2
From Hungarian puli.
Noun
puli
- puli
Declension
| Inflection of puli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | puli | pulit | |
| genitive | pulin | pulien | |
| partitive | pulia | puleja | |
| illative | puliin | puleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | puli | pulit | |
| accusative | nom. | puli | pulit |
| gen. | pulin | ||
| genitive | pulin | pulien | |
| partitive | pulia | puleja | |
| inessive | pulissa | puleissa | |
| elative | pulista | puleista | |
| illative | puliin | puleihin | |
| adessive | pulilla | puleilla | |
| ablative | pulilta | puleilta | |
| allative | pulille | puleille | |
| essive | pulina | puleina | |
| translative | puliksi | puleiksi | |
| instructive | — | pulein | |
| abessive | pulitta | puleitta | |
| comitative | — | puleineen | |
| Possessive forms of puli (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | pulini | pulimme |
| 2nd person | pulisi | pulinne |
| 3rd person | pulinsa | |
Hungarian
puli
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps a variant of pudli (“poodle”) due to the slight similarity of their curly coat.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpuli]
- Hyphenation: pu‧li
- Rhymes: -li
Noun
puli (plural pulik)
- Puli (a Hungarian sheepdog with a distinctive thick, corded coat)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | puli | pulik |
| accusative | pulit | pulikat |
| dative | pulinak | puliknak |
| instrumental | pulival | pulikkal |
| causal-final | puliért | pulikért |
| translative | pulivá | pulikká |
| terminative | puliig | pulikig |
| essive-formal | puliként | pulikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | puliban | pulikban |
| superessive | pulin | pulikon |
| adessive | pulinál | puliknál |
| illative | puliba | pulikba |
| sublative | pulira | pulikra |
| allative | pulihoz | pulikhoz |
| elative | puliból | pulikból |
| delative | puliról | pulikról |
| ablative | pulitól | puliktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | pulié | puliké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | puliéi | pulikéi |
| Possessive forms of puli | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | pulim | pulijaim |
| 2nd person sing. | pulid | pulijaid |
| 3rd person sing. | pulija | pulijai |
| 1st person plural | pulink | pulijaink |
| 2nd person plural | pulitok | pulijaitok |
| 3rd person plural | pulijuk | pulijaik |
References
- puli in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading
- puli in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpu.li/
- Rhymes: -uli
- Hyphenation: pù‧li
Noun
puli
- plural of pulo
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pulʲ]
Noun
puli
- plural of pulă
Usage notes
See pulă and pule.
Synonyms
- pule
Volapük
Noun
puli
- accusative singular of pul