# pudu
## English
### Alternative forms

* pudú

### Etymology

From South American Spanish pudú, from Mapudungun pudu (“small deer”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈpuːduː/, /puːˈduː/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

pudu (plural pudus or pudu)
* A very small South American deer of the genus Pudu (in some classifications divided to Pudu and Pudella), native to the Andes.
    Synonym: (archaic) venada
** 1998, Valerius Geist, Deer of the World, page 120:Whereas the southern pudu is more uniformly dark chestnut-brown, the northern form is light but has a very dark (aggressive) face in both sexes.
** 2002 November 30, Chris Moss, “The ultimate wilderness”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:In the undergrowth, native pudú deer scutter, lower than knee-height and wary of visitors; even shyer are the tall, elegant huemul deer, threatened almost to extinction and now only to be found high up the mountainsides.
** 2008, Sharon R Chester, A Wildlife Guide to Chile, page 309:Although protected by law, pudus are hunted locally for their hide and meat.

#### Translations
## Finnish
### Etymology

< Spanish pudú < Mapudungun pudu

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpudu/, [ˈpudu]
* Rhymes: -udu
* Hyphenation: pu‧du

### Noun

pudu
* pudu (small deer of genera Pudu and Pudella)
* southern pudu, Pudu puda

#### Declension

Possessive forms of pudu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
puduni
puduni
accusative
nom.
puduni
puduni
gen.
puduni
genitive
puduni
pudujeni
partitive
puduani
pudujani
inessive
pudussani
puduissani
elative
pudustani
puduistani
illative
puduuni
puduihini
adessive
pudullani
puduillani
ablative
pudultani
puduiltani
allative
pudulleni
puduilleni
essive
pudunani
puduinani
translative
pudukseni
puduikseni
abessive
puduttani
puduittani
instructive
comitative
—puduineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pudusi
pudusi
accusative
nom.
pudusi
pudusi
gen.
pudusi
genitive
pudusi
pudujesi
partitive
puduasi
pudujasi
inessive
pudussasi
puduissasi
elative
pudustasi
puduistasi
illative
puduusi
puduihisi
adessive
pudullasi
puduillasi
ablative
pudultasi
puduiltasi
allative
pudullesi
puduillesi
essive
pudunasi
puduinasi
translative
puduksesi
puduiksesi
abessive
puduttasi
puduittasi
instructive
comitative
—puduinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pudumme
pudumme
accusative
nom.
pudumme
pudumme
gen.
pudumme
genitive
pudumme
pudujemme
partitive
puduamme
pudujamme
inessive
pudussamme
puduissamme
elative
pudustamme
puduistamme
illative
puduumme
puduihimme
adessive
pudullamme
puduillamme
ablative
pudultamme
puduiltamme
allative
pudullemme
puduillemme
essive
pudunamme
puduinamme
translative
puduksemme
puduiksemme
abessive
puduttamme
puduittamme
instructive
comitative
—puduinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pudunne
pudunne
accusative
nom.
pudunne
pudunne
gen.
pudunne
genitive
pudunne
pudujenne
partitive
puduanne
pudujanne
inessive
pudussanne
puduissanne
elative
pudustanne
puduistanne
illative
puduunne
puduihinne
adessive
pudullanne
puduillanne
ablative
pudultanne
puduiltanne
allative
pudullenne
puduillenne
essive
pudunanne
puduinanne
translative
puduksenne
puduiksenne
abessive
puduttanne
puduittanne
instructive
comitative
—puduinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pudunsa
pudunsa
accusative
nom.
pudunsa
pudunsa
gen.
pudunsa
genitive
pudunsa
pudujensa
partitive
puduaan puduansa
pudujaan pudujansa
inessive
pudussaan pudussansa
puduissaan puduissansa
elative
pudustaan pudustansa
puduistaan puduistansa
illative
puduunsa
puduihinsa
adessive
pudullaan pudullansa
puduillaan puduillansa
ablative
pudultaan pudultansa
puduiltaan puduiltansa
allative
pudulleen pudullensa
puduilleen puduillensa
essive
pudunaan pudunansa
puduinaan puduinansa
translative
pudukseen puduksensa
puduikseen puduiksensa
abessive
puduttaan puduttansa
puduittaan puduittansa
instructive
comitative
—puduineen puduinensa :

#### Derived terms

* chilenpudu
* isopudu
* paholaispudu

## Italian
### Noun

pudu m (invariable)
* pudú