pui
See also: pu'i
Aragonese
Etymology
Apocopated form of pueyo, from Latin podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion).
Finnish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ui
Old French
Noun
pui m (oblique plural puis, nominative singular puis, nominative plural pui)
- well (structure from which water can be drawn)
Descendants
- French: puits
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [puj]
Etymology 1
From Latin pullus, probably through a Vulgar Latin root *pulleus, or alternatively formed from the plural of an original Romanian form *pul. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”). Compare Spanish pollo and Italian pollo.
Noun
pui m (plural pui)
Declension
Related terms
Descendants
- →? Hungarian: pulya
See also
Sarasira
References
- Susanne Holzknecht, The Markham languages of Papua New Guinea (1989), page 71
Tho
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *t-puːj, cognate with Vietnamese vui, Muong pui.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puːj¹/
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