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polu

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Asturian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English polo.

Noun

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polu m (uncountable)

  1. polo (ball game)

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Latin politus, maybe through French poli.

Adjective

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polu m sg (feminine singular pola, neuter singular polo, masculine plural polos, feminine plural poles)

  1. smooth, polished
  2. lush
    Eses fueyes poles.
    Those lush leaves.
  3. healthy, well cared for
    Les tos vaques tan bien poles.
    Your cows are very healthy.
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Lower Sorbian

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Noun

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polu

  1. Superseded spelling of pólu.

Narua

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Noun

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polu

  1. moon

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.lu/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlu
  • Syllabification: po‧lu

Noun

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polu n

  1. dative/locative singular of pole

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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polu (Cyrillic spelling полу)

  1. dative/locative singular of pol

Wayuu

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Etymology

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Cognate with Wapishana ˀbaru (axe).

Noun

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polu

  1. axe

West Makian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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polu

  1. (transitive) to collect, gather

Conjugation

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Conjugation of polu (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person topolu mopolu apolu
2nd person nopolu fopolu
3rd person inanimate ipolu dopolu
animate
imperative nopolu, polu fopolu, polu

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics