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Borrowed from Hawaiian pulu.

pulu (uncountable)

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

• Lupu

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

pulu

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

From Malay pulau (“island”).

pulu

1. island

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

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

pulu (informal)

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

• (Columba livia domestica): kesykyyhky

• kyyhky
• kesykyyhky
• kalliokyyhky

• “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

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

pulu

1. fibrous husk of any nut like coconuts, candlenuts etc; boll of cotton; down of ferns
2. any natural plant fiber from coconuts, cotton etc.
   1. pulu, the fibers of the Cibotium glaucum
3. mulch

• English: pulu

From English bull.

pulu

1. bull

• pulukeke

• 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

From Proto-Philippine *pujuq.

pulû

1. island; isle; islet

   Synonym: isla

• dakpulu
• kapuluan

pulu

1. island

From Proto-Oceanic *bulut (“sap or other sticky substance” – compare with Tongan pulu “sap [in general]” and pupulu “sticky, adhesive”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *belit₃ or *pulut (compare with Malay pulut, Tagalog pulot).^[1][2]

pulu

1. latex or milky sap screted from any plant in general e.g. breadfruit
2. rubber; flexible material made from coagulating natural latex of Funtumia elastica (pulu vao), Castilla elastica (pulu mamoe), or Hevea brasiliensis.