"pula" meaning in Swedish

See pula in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: From dialectal pula (“work, toil, pound, hit, have sex, mate, and more”). Compare Danish pule, Icelandic púla. Perhaps the same word as Middle Low German pulen (“extricate with the fingers”), and cognate with Old English pullian (“to pluck, pull”). See also pulla (“finger”). Etymology templates: {{cog|da|pule}} Danish pule, {{cog|is|púla}} Icelandic púla, {{cog|gml|pulen||extricate with the fingers}} Middle Low German pulen (“extricate with the fingers”), {{cog|ang|pullian||to pluck, pull}} Old English pullian (“to pluck, pull”) Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|pular|preterite|pulade|supine|pulat|imperative|pula|head=}} pula (present pular, preterite pulade, supine pulat, imperative pula), {{sv-verb-reg}} pula (present pular, preterite pulade, supine pulat, imperative pula) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk|nopp=1}} Forms: pular [present], pulade [preterite], pulat [supine], pula [imperative], weak [table-tags], pula [active, infinitive], pulas [infinitive, passive], pulat [active, supine], pulats [passive, supine], pula [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], pulen [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], pular [active, indicative, present], pulade [active, indicative, past], pulas [indicative, passive, present], pulades [indicative, passive, past], pula [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], pulade [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], pulas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], pulades [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], pule [active, dated, present, subjunctive], pulade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], pules [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], pulades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], pulande [active, participle, past, present], - [active, participle, past]
  1. (colloquial) to tinker, to potter Tags: colloquial Synonyms: påta, pyssla
    Sense id: en-pula-sv-verb-vdmotWXj
  2. (with a particle like ner (“down”) or in (“in”)) to stuff (press, compressing or scrunching)
    Sense id: en-pula-sv-verb-OXEBaos2
  3. (colloquial, regional) to rub snow in someone's face Tags: colloquial, regional Synonyms: snöpula, mula
    Sense id: en-pula-sv-verb-k5nUkj2v Categories (other): Regional Swedish, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 8 21 71

Inflected forms

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}

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