Vocabolario

• IPA: /pʊlə/,
• , IPA: /puːlɑː/,

  Homophones

  *puller (for RP pronunciation, in rhotic accents)

= pula

The currency of Botswana, divided into 100 thebe.

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Filipino

IPA: /puˈlɑː/

pula

red

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Finnish

=
pula

1. shortage
2. (economy) crisis
3. urgent situation, scrape, pinch

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Sostantivo
pula f (plurale: pule)

(slang) the police, the fuzz, the cops

polizia

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Romanian

Perhaps from Latin word ampulla, something swollen (e.g. a bottle or phial); some Romanian dictionaries claim it is from the Latin word pullus, chicken; another theory is that it is a Dacian word:

• pesnis - pennis - penis (Latin)
• pesnis - pennis - pelnis - pellis - pula (Romanian; unconvincing theory)

IPA: /ˈpu.la/

= pula

penis

Usage notes

*Unfortunately and despite its age, in modern Romanian, "pula" is considered an offensive word.

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Tagalog

pula

red

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Tswana

IPA: /ˈpuːlə/

= pula

1. (in Botswana) rain
2. (in Botswana) pula
3. the popular toast

Etimologia mancante

Pronuncia

• IPA: /pʊlə/,
• , IPA: /puːlɑː/,

  Homophones

  *puller (for RP pronunciation, in rhotic accents)

Etimologia
Perhaps from Latin word ampulla, something swollen (e.g. a bottle or phial); some Romanian dictionaries claim it is from the Latin word pullus, chicken; another theory is that it is a Dacian word:

• pesnis - pennis - penis (Latin)
• pesnis - pennis - pelnis - pellis - pula (Romanian; unconvincing theory)

lolla (s.f.), loppa (s.f.)...

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Aggettivo
maggiorenne m sing (plurale: maggiorenni)

(diritto) che ha raggiunto la maggiore età e , con essa, ha acquisito la piena cittadinanza

Sillabazione
mag | gio | rèn | ne

Pronuncia
IPA: /madʤo'rɛnne/

Etimologia
formato da maggiore e da -enne (dal latino annus cioè "anno")

adulto (agg. e s.)...

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