# pu
## Translingual
### Symbol

pu
* (electrical engineering) per unit

## Äiwoo
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

pu
* to go
* to walk

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

pu
* (of abscesses) to swell

### References

* Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

## Anguthimri
### Verb

pu
* (transitive, Mpakwithi) to do
* (transitive, Mpakwithi) to throw

### References

* Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 187

## Champenois
### Alternative forms

* (Rémois) pi, peuil, puil

### Etymology

Inherited from Old French puis, from Latin puteus.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /py/

### Noun

pu m (plural pus)
* (Troyen, Langrois, Rémois) a well

### References

* Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎ (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
* Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎ (in French), Troyes

## Chuukese
### Noun

pu
* betel nut

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /py/
* Homophones: pue, puent, pues, pus, put, pût

### Etymology 1
#### Participle

pu (intransitive, hence invariable)
* past participle of pouvoir

### Etymology 2
#### Participle

pu (feminine pue, masculine plural pus, feminine plural pues)
* (falconry) past participle of paître

### Etymology 3
#### Adverb

pu
* (Quebec, colloquial) Alternative form of plus

## Guaraní
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pu/

### Noun

pu (plural pukuéra)
* sound

#### Alternative forms

* tyapu

## Japanese
### Romanization

pu
* The hiragana syllable ぷ (pu) or the katakana syllable プ (pu) in Hepburn romanization.

## Kilmeri
### Noun

pu
* water
    Kanu pu imiyo lili.The canoe floats on the water.

### References

* Gerstner-Link, Claudia. A Grammar of Kilmeri. (2018). Page 94.

## Laboya
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun, from Proto-Austronesian *puqun. Compare Indonesian pohon.

### Noun

pu
* tree

### References

* Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “pu”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 82

## Mandarin
### Romanization

pu (pu$^5$ / pu$^0$, Zhuyin ˙ㄆㄨ)
* Nonstandard spelling of pū.
* Nonstandard spelling of pú.
* Nonstandard spelling of pǔ.
* Nonstandard spelling of pù.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Mbyá Guaraní
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpu]
* Rhymes: -u
* Hyphenation: pu

### Etymology 1

Cognate with Guaraní and Old Tupi pu.

#### Noun

pu
* noise

### Etymology 2

Cognate with Old Tupi puk.

#### Verb

pu
* (intransitive) to be perforated
    Xekamixa opu.My shirt is perforated.

##### Conjugation
### References

* Robert A. Dooley (2016 August) “pu”, in Léxico guarani, dialeto mbyá: guarani-português (overall work in Portuguese), Anápolis: SIL Brasil, page 158

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *empu (“grandparent/grandchild; ancestor; lord, master, owner”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pu/
* Rhymes: -pu
* Hyphenation: pu

### Noun

pu
* distinguished person,
* master
* lord

#### Alternative forms

* mpu
* ĕmpu
* ampu

#### Derived terms

* ampu
* mpu
* mpuṅku
* paṅampwan
* paṅĕmpwan
* pinakampu
* ĕmpon
* ĕmpu
* ḍapu
* ḍapunta
* ḍapuṅku

#### Descendants

* Javanese: ꦥꦸ (pu)

### Further reading

* "pu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* (Greater Poland):
** (Kuyavia) IPA: /ˈpu/
* (Masovia):
** (Near Masovian) IPA: /ˈpu/

### Preposition

pu
* (Kuyavia, Near Masovian) Alternative form of ku

### Further reading

* Oskar Kolberg (1867) “pu”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 275
* Władysław Matlakowski (1892) “pu”, in Słownik wyrazów ludowych zebranych w Czerskiem i na Kujawach (in Polish), Kraków: nakł. Akademii Umiejętności; Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego pod zarządem A. M. Kosterkiewicza, page 15

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpu/
* Rhymes: -u
* Hyphenation: pu

### Noun

pu m (plural pus)
* (childish, regional) Synonym of pum (“fart”)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Interjection

pu
* imits the cry of a hoopoe

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* polo, poo, pouo — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
* puo, pulo, puwo — obsolete

### Etymology

From earlier puo, from puwo, with elision of /l/ from pulo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puluq, from Proto-Austronesian *puluq. Compare Ilocano pullo, Pangasinan polo, Kapampangan apulu, Asi puyo, Bikol Central pulo, Aklanon napueo, Cebuano napulo, Maranao polo', Maguindanao pulu, and Malay puluh.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈpuʔ/ [ˈpuʔ]
* Rhymes: -uʔ
* Syllabification: pu

### Numeral

pû (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓ) (mathematics)
* ten (set of ten)
    Synonym: desena

#### Derived terms

* animnapu
* apatnapu
* dalawampu
* ikaanimnapu
* ikaapatnapu
* ikadalawampu
* ikalimampu
* ikapitumpu
* ikapu
* ikasampu
* ikasiyamnapu
* ikatatlumpu
* ikawalumpu
* kapu
* limampu
* makapu
* pitumpu
* sa ikapu
* sampu
* sangkapu
* siyamnapu
* tatlumpu
* tigpupu
* walumpu

#### See also

* labi
* pinulo
* polo
* turo

### Further reading

* “pu”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1104.
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
* Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎ (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
* San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 253: “Diez) Povo [(pp)] |. polo, llegando [a diez] contando”

## Tai Do
### Etymology

From Chinese 阜 (OC *buʔ). Cognate with Thai ภู (puu), Lao ພູ (phū).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /puː⁵⁵/

### Noun

pu
* mountain, hill

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *puu, from Proto-Uralic *puwe.

### Noun

pu
* tree
* wood

#### Derived terms

* puine
* birbincpu
* jablon'pu
* kananpu
* tugipu
* vinpu
* voipu
* öpu
* pujaugad
* pukujo
* pusep

### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “дерево, древесина”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pu/

### Noun

pu
* mountain

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

## Yoruba
### Etymology

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *kpa, possibly a Doublet of kú. Compare with Yoruba pa, Àhàn pu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /k͡pū/

### Verb

pu
* (Ijebu, transitive) to kill
** (Ijebu, transitive) to murder
    Ó pu ìyàwó ẹ̀.He murdered his wife.
** (Ijebu, transitive) to execute
** (Ijebu, transitive) to switch off, to turn off
    Pu iná yẹnTurn off the lights.

## Yupiltepeque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pu/

### Noun

pu
* hand

### References

* Vocabularios de la lengua xinca de Sinacantan (1868, D. Juan Gavarrete)
* Chris Rogers, The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages

## Zou
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pu˧/

### Noun

pu
* maternal uncle (mother's brother)

### References

* Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45