Definitions for pulu

pulu pu·lu

Spelling: [poo-loo]
IPA: /ˈpu lu/

Pulu is a 4 letter English word.

You can make 18 anagrams from letters in pulu (lpuu).

Definitions for pulu

noun

  1. a soft, elastic vegetable fiber of yellow-brown hue obtained from the young fronds of Hawaiian tree ferns, used for mattress and pillow stuffing.

Origin of pulu

Borrowed into English from Hawaiian around 1825-35

Examples for pulu

The word "polo" is derived from Tibetan pulu, meaning a knot of willow wood.

pulu, a kind of silk obtained from the fibres of a fern-tree of Hawaii.

The great funeral ceremony, or rather death-dance, of the Western Islanders took place in the island of pulu.

Then pulu grew angry and called them cowards, for, as they argued, Rdan fell forward on his face in a swoon.

To pulu: a long march of, I should think, little under eighteen miles.

To be sick in common speech was mai, but in polite language it was ngasengase, faatafa, pulu pulusi.

At dusk they ran the boat along the plantation jetty, and pulu and another man led Rfdan up the path to the manager's house.

Ye know what pulu is, iv coorse, an' I'm sure ye'll be glad to know that this refreshin' bev'rage or soap is on th' free list.

His hands were free, but a stout rope of cinnet was tied around his naked waist and pulu held the end.

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