pǔ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pu"

Ghomala'

Noun

pǔ class 3 singular of bǔ class 4

1. hand

   E tsa'tə pû é. ― He/she crushed his/her hand.

   Pû á wə́ jɛ́. ― My hand hurts.

   nthə̂ pǔ ― finger

   ŋkɔ̂p pǔ ― nail

Derived terms

• pûkwàp (“left hand”)
• pûtyɔ̀ (“right hand”)

Pronoun

pǔ class 2 (possessive)

1. your

   Kényə́ msǒ pǔ. ― Call your friends!

   Ě lá'tə dyə́ bí msô pǔ. ― He/she indicated the house to your friends.

Declension

Ghomala' possessive determiners

		singular classes			plural classes
		1	3	5	2	4	6
singular	1st	à/yaə	á/yaə́	tsaə̌	pə̌	mə̌	tsaə̌
	2nd	ò/yu	ó/yú	tsǔ/tsʉ̌	pǔ	mǔ	tsǔ/tsʉ̌
	3rd	e/yə	é/yə́	tsyə́	pyə́	myə́	tsyə́
plural	1st	yɔk	yɔ́k	tsɔ́k	pɔ́k	mɔ́k	tsɔ́k
	2nd	yɔ	yɔ́	tsɔ́	pɔ́	mɔ́	tsɔ́
	3rd	yap	yáp	tsáp	páp	máp	tsáp

References

• Minette Corrine Mokam Foko (2020), The Morphosyntax of Ghɔmáláʼ Verbs: Focus on Inherent Complement Verbs and Serial Verb Constructions
• Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al, Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)

Mandarin

Romanization

pǔ (pu³, Zhuyin ㄆㄨˇ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 圃
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 埐
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 普
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 朲
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 樸 / 朴
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 檏 / 𱣇
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 氆
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 浦
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 溥
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 潽
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 烳
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 產 / 产
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 誧 / 𰵩
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 諩
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 譜 / 谱
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 谱
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹼
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鐠 / 镨
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 埔