pule
[ pyool ]
/ pyul /
verb (used without object), puled, pul·ing.
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
Nearby words
- pulaski, fort,
- pulau pinang,
- pulchritude,
- pulchritudinous,
- pulci,
- pulesati,
- pulex,
- puli,
- pulicicide,
- puling
Origin of pule
First recorded in 1525–35; perhaps imitative
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Examples from the Web for pule
The priesthood, properly so called (Kahuna maoli, Kahuna pule), was hereditary.
Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands|Charles NordhoffThis was accomplished by the utterance of a pule hoo-noa, a tabu-lifting prayer.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii|Nathaniel Bright Emerson
pule
/ (pjuːl) /
verb
(intr) to cry plaintively; whimper
Word Origin for pule
C16: perhaps of imitative origin
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pule
"cry in a thin, weak voice," 1530s, from French piauler (16c.) "to cheep, chirp," echoic (cf. Italian pigolare "to cheep as a chicken"). Related: Puled; puling.
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