fula

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan.

fula

1. moon

fula

1. romanization of 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌰

• IPA^(key): /fùː.láː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɸùː.láː]

fū̀lā f (plural fūlunā̀, possessed form fū̀lar̃)

1. alternative form of hū̀lā (“hat, fez”)

• → Nupe: fùla
• → Yoruba: fìlà

From Proto-Mande [Term?]. Cognate with Bambara fìla, Marka fila, Dyula filà, Sankaran Maninka fila, Mahou fyàà, Mandinka fula.

fula

1. two

Borrowed from Marathi फूल (phūl), from Sanskrit फुल्ल (phulla), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-. Distantly cognate with Portuguese flor (“flower”).

fula (plural fula-fula)

1. flower

   nhonha co fula ― the girl with the flower

2. (vulgar, obsolete) vagina

• 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.

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#f

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuː.la/

fula f (singulative, collective ful, paucal fuliet)

1. singulative of ful: a broad bean (single seed)

From Hausa fū̀lā, see also Yoruba fìlà.

• IPA^(key): /fù.lā/

fùla (plural fùlazhì)

1. hat (in particular) traditional hat worn by Nupe men.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuː.lɑ/

fūla

1. inflection of fūl:
   1. strong nominative/accusative feminine plural
   2. weak nominative masculine singular

-fula^?

1. to graze

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Hyphenation: fu‧la

fula m (uncountable)

1. Fula (a language spoken in West Africa)

fula m or f by sense (plural fulas)

1. one of the Fula (West-African people)

fula

1. feminine singular of fulo

fula m (plural fulas)

1. (Cuba, slang) a U.S. dollar
2. (Cuba, slang, derogatory) a shady person; a person who cannot be trusted

• “fula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• Rhymes: -²ʉːla

fula

1. inflection of ful:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

• Falu

fula

1. to graze

fula

1. to graze

fula

1. genitive singular of ful