# pulla
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish pulla, from Swedish bulle. Doublet of bowl and boule.

### Noun

pulla (countable and uncountable, plural pullas)
* A sweet, leavened baked good made of wheat and flavored with crushed cardamom, resembling very soft bread in consistency, eaten in Finland.
** 1986, Melissa Ladenheim, "The sauna in central New York:"Then we would all have coffee and pulla bread," recalled Hilma Wainio of Spencer.
** 1991 September 22, Eleanor Charles, “Connecticut Guide”, in The New York Times‎:Other locally made items include pulla, a foot-long braided bread flavored with cardamom and priced at $6 a loaf, and wood carvings.
** 1992, Joan Potter Loveless, Three Weavers, page 29:Pulla is a braided yeast loaf, flavored with freshly ground cardamom and sprinkled with chopped almonds and sugar […]
** 1992, Aili Jarvenpa, In Two Cultures: The Stories of Second Generation Finnish Americans:I remember the best, the years on the farm, wild roses and mushrooms that you picked near the pasture, cardamom pulla warm from the oven, […]
** 2013, Colleen Coble, Rock Harbor Search and Rescue: Lost and Found, page 106:Come on, your dad's grabbed us all some pullas and cider.
** 2018, Jeff Hertzberg, M.D., Zoë François, Holiday and Celebration Bread in Five Minutes a Day: Sweet and Decadent Baking for Every Occasion:You can expect to be served a slice of pulla with your afternoon coffee in any Finnish household.

### Anagrams

* Paull, all-up, pallu

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish bulle, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ. Doublet of pullo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpulːɑ/, [ˈpulːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ulːɑ
* Hyphenation: pul‧la

### Noun

pulla
* cardamom bread, pulla (mildly sweet, leavened baked good made of wheat and flavored with crushed cardamom, resembling very soft bread in consistency)
    Synonyms: nisu, vehnänen
* (specifically) a simple soft, sweet bun flavored with crushed cardamom and often topped with some nib sugar
* (loosely) sweet roll, sweet bun (sweet, leavened baked good, often small enough to comprise a single serving)
    Synonyms: nisu, vehnänen
* (in compounds) ball (roundish food made of meat or similar ingredient and often cooked)
    Synonym: pyörykkä
    lihapulla ― meatball
    falafel-pulla ― falafel ball

#### Declension

Possessive forms of pulla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pullani
pullani
accusative
nom.
pullani
pullani
gen.
pullani
genitive
pullani
pullieni pullaini $^{rare}$
partitive
pullaani
pulliani
inessive
pullassani
pullissani
elative
pullastani
pullistani
illative
pullaani
pulliini
adessive
pullallani
pullillani
ablative
pullaltani
pulliltani
allative
pullalleni
pullilleni
essive
pullanani
pullinani
translative
pullakseni
pullikseni
abessive
pullattani
pullittani
instructive
comitative
—pullineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pullasi
pullasi
accusative
nom.
pullasi
pullasi
gen.
pullasi
genitive
pullasi
pulliesi pullaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
pullaasi
pulliasi
inessive
pullassasi
pullissasi
elative
pullastasi
pullistasi
illative
pullaasi
pulliisi
adessive
pullallasi
pullillasi
ablative
pullaltasi
pulliltasi
allative
pullallesi
pullillesi
essive
pullanasi
pullinasi
translative
pullaksesi
pulliksesi
abessive
pullattasi
pullittasi
instructive
comitative
—pullinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pullamme
pullamme
accusative
nom.
pullamme
pullamme
gen.
pullamme
genitive
pullamme
pulliemme pullaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
pullaamme
pulliamme
inessive
pullassamme
pullissamme
elative
pullastamme
pullistamme
illative
pullaamme
pulliimme
adessive
pullallamme
pullillamme
ablative
pullaltamme
pulliltamme
allative
pullallemme
pullillemme
essive
pullanamme
pullinamme
translative
pullaksemme
pulliksemme
abessive
pullattamme
pullittamme
instructive
comitative
—pullinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pullanne
pullanne
accusative
nom.
pullanne
pullanne
gen.
pullanne
genitive
pullanne
pullienne pullainne $^{rare}$
partitive
pullaanne
pullianne
inessive
pullassanne
pullissanne
elative
pullastanne
pullistanne
illative
pullaanne
pulliinne
adessive
pullallanne
pullillanne
ablative
pullaltanne
pulliltanne
allative
pullallenne
pullillenne
essive
pullananne
pullinanne
translative
pullaksenne
pulliksenne
abessive
pullattanne
pullittanne
instructive
comitative
—pullinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pullansa
pullansa
accusative
nom.
pullansa
pullansa
gen.
pullansa
genitive
pullansa
pulliensa pullainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
pullaansa
pulliaan pulliansa
inessive
pullassaan pullassansa
pullissaan pullissansa
elative
pullastaan pullastansa
pullistaan pullistansa
illative
pullaansa
pulliinsa
adessive
pullallaan pullallansa
pullillaan pullillansa
ablative
pullaltaan pullaltansa
pulliltaan pulliltansa
allative
pullalleen pullallensa
pullilleen pullillensa
essive
pullanaan pullanansa
pullinaan pullinansa
translative
pullakseen pullaksensa
pullikseen pulliksensa
abessive
pullattaan pullattansa
pullittaan pullittansa
instructive
comitative
—pullineen pullinensa :

#### Derived terms

* aurinkopulla
* dallaspulla
* falafel-pulla
* junttapulla
* kalapulla
* kasvispulla
* kilopulla
* laskiaispulla
* lihapulla
* nisupulla
* pakkopulla
* pikkupulla
* pullahiiri
* pullakahvi
* pullamössö
* pullantuoksu
* pullapelti
* pullapitko
* pullasorsa
* pullasuti
* pullataikina
* pullavanukas
* rahkapulla
* ruispulla
* rusinapulla
* teksaspulla
* tikkupulla
* toscapulla
* täytepulla
* vehnäpulla
* viineripulla
* voipulla
* voisilmäpulla

#### Descendants

* → English: pulla

### Further reading

* “pulla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* pulla: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpul.la/, [ˈpʊlːʲä]
* pulla: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpul.la/, [ˈpulːä]
* pullā: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpul.laː/, [ˈpʊlːʲäː]
* pullā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpul.la/, [ˈpulːä]

### Adjective

pulla
* inflection of pullus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

### Adjective

pullā
* ablative feminine singular of pullus

### References

* "pulla", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pulha.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpuʝa/ [ˈpu.ʝa]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈpuʝa/ [ˈpu.ʝa]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈpuʎa/ [ˈpu.ʎa]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈpuʃa/ [ˈpu.ʃa]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈpuʒa/ [ˈpu.ʒa]
* Rhymes: -uʝa
* Rhymes: -uʝa
* Rhymes: -uʎa
* Rhymes: -uʃa
* Rhymes: -uʒa
* Syllabification: pu‧lla

### Noun

pulla f (plural pullas)
* an obscenity
* a gibe; a burn; a dig

### See also

* puya

### Further reading

* “pulla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

From the interjection pull, used to attract a hen or other bird. Compare the origins of kisse, misse, and pålle.

#### Noun

pulla c
* (colloquial) a hen
    Synonym: höna

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Perhaps the same word as pula.

#### Verb

pulla (present pullar, preterite pullade, supine pullat, imperative pulla)
* (vulgar, intransitive and transitive) to finger (oneself, for example during masturbation, or someone else)
    Synonym: fingerpulla

##### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

##### Derived terms

* fingerpulla
* rövpulla

##### See also

* klittra

### References

* pulla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* pulla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* pulla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Fula Ordboken