fula

== Bungku == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan. === Noun === fula moon == Gothic == === Romanization === fula romanization of 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌰 == Hausa == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fùː.láː/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ɸùː.láː] === Noun === fū̀lā f (plural fūlunā̀, possessed form fū̀lar̃) alternative form of hū̀lā (“hat, fez”) ==== Descendants ==== → Nupe: fùla → Yoruba: fìlà == Kassonke == === Etymology === From Proto-Mande [Term?]. Cognate with Bambara fìla, Marka fila, Dyula filà, Sankaran Maninka fila, Mahou fyàà, Mandinka fula. === Numeral === fula two == Macanese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Marathi फूल (phūl), from Sanskrit फुल्ल (phulla), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-. Distantly cognate with Portuguese flor (“flower”). === Noun === fula (plural fula-fula) flower nhonha co fula ― the girl with the flower (vulgar, obsolete) vagina ==== Usage notes ==== In older Macanese, fufula or fu-fula may be used as the plural. This partial reduplication has nearly completely disappeared in modern Macanese, in favour of the full reduplication fula-fula. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#f == Maltese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfuː.la/ Rhymes: -uːla === Noun === fula f (singulative, collective ful, paucal fuliet) singulative of ful: a broad bean (single seed) == Nupe == === Etymology === From Hausa fū̀lā, see also Yoruba fìlà. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fù.lā/ === Noun === fùla (plural fùlazhì) hat (in particular) traditional hat worn by Nupe men. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfuː.lɑ/ === Adjective === fūla inflection of fūl: strong nominative/accusative feminine plural weak nominative masculine singular == Phuthi == === Verb === -fula? to graze ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: fu‧la === Noun === fula m (uncountable) Fula (a language spoken in West Africa) === Noun === fula m or f by sense (plural fulas) one of the Fula (West-African people) === Adjective === fula feminine singular of fulo === Further reading === “fula”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “fula”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Noun === fula m (plural fulas) (Cuba, slang) a U.S. dollar (Cuba, slang, derogatory) a shady person; a person who cannot be trusted === Further reading === “fula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Sranan Tongo == === Etymology === Probably from Kongo -fúla (“blow”), from Proto-Bantu *-pud-a. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fuˈla/, [fuˈla̠], [fuˈlɑ̟] === Verb === fula to spray water from the mouth ==== Descendants ==== Aukan: fulá Saramaccan: fulá === References === == Swedish == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -²ʉːla === Adjective === fula inflection of ful: definite singular plural === Anagrams === Falu == Tswana == === Verb === fula to graze == Venda == === Verb === fula to graze == Volapük == === Noun === fula genitive singular of ful