Etymology

pula

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Today it means: Rain, used as an expression of greeting or good luck. Full definition →

Tswana pula ← Northern Sotho pula ← Sotho pula
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pula · noun1

  1. alv-pro · derived from*-buda“rain, rain cloud”
  2. Proto-Bantu · derived from*mbúdà“rain”
  3. Sotho · borrowed frompula“rain”
  4. Northern Sotho · borrowed frompula
  5. Tswana · borrowed frompula
  6. English todaypula

Borrowed from Tswana pula, Northern Sotho pula, and Sotho pula (“rain”), all from Proto-Bantu *mbúdà (“rain”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-buda (“rain, rain cloud”)

Pula · proper noun2

  1. Serbo-Croatian · borrowed fromPula
  2. Serbo-Croatian · borrowed fromPula
  3. English todayPula

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Pula.

Pula · proper noun3

  1. Telugu · borrowed fromపులా
  2. Italian · borrowed fromPula
  3. Polish · borrowed fromPula
  4. English todayPula

Various origins: * Borrowed from Polish Pula, perhaps a nickname from pula (“shirttail, coattail”) or from pola (“tasteless soup”). * Borrowed from Italian Pula, a variant of Pola. * Borrowed from Telugu పులా (pulā). This surname is predominantly found in Andhra Pradesh.

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