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Yes. The word pulu is a Scrabble US word. The word pulu is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word pulu is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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4-letter words (1 found)

PULU,

3-letter words (3 found)

PLU,PUL,ULU,

2-letter words (1 found)

UP,

You can make 5 words from pulu according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of pulu

pulu uplu pluu lpuu ulpu lupu puul upul puul upul uupl uupl pluu lpuu pulu uplu lupu ulpu ulup luup uulp uulp luup ulup

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Definitions and meaning of pulu

pulu

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian pulu.

Noun

pulu (uncountable)

  1. A silky material obtained from the fibres of Cibotium glaucum, a tree fern of Hawaii.

Anagrams

  • Lupu

Chamorro

Etymology

From Pre-Chamorro *pulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu.

Noun

pulu

  1. (anatomy) hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)
  2. feather

Cocos Islands Malay

Etymology

From Malay pulau (“island”).

Noun

pulu

  1. island

Finnish

Etymology

Either of onomatopoeic origin, or from Swedish pull, pulla, from French poule.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpulu/, [ˈpulu]
  • Rhymes: -ulu
  • Syllabification(key): pu‧lu

Noun

pulu (informal)

  1. feral pigeon (Columba livia, syn. Columba livia domestica)
  2. domesticated pigeon, cushat

Declension

Synonyms

  • (Columba livia domestica): kesykyyhky

Derived terms

Related terms

  • kyyhky
  • kesykyyhky
  • kalliokyyhky

Further reading

  • “pulu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (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

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Oceanic *pulu (“coconut husk”) (compare with Fijian bulu (“coconut husk”) and Maori puru "plug, caulk").

Noun

pulu

  1. pulu, the fibers of the Cibotium glaucum
  2. any natural plant fiber from coconuts, cotton etc.
  3. mulch
Descendants
  • English: pulu

Etymology 2

From English bull.

Noun

pulu

  1. bull

See also

  • pulukeke

References

  • Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “pulu.1a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “pulu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 354

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *pujuq.

Noun

pulû

  1. island; isle; islet
    Synonym: isla

Derived terms

  • dakpulu
  • kapuluan

Kapampangan

Noun

pulu

  1. island

Source: wiktionary.org