pultr-o: poultry, collective name for all domestic fowls;
(cf. hano); -uno: one fowl; -eyo:
poultry-house, place. — E
pulul-ar:(intr.) to pullulate: gow or germinate
abundantly (cf. mult-eskar; formik-umar); -(ad)o:
pullulation: rapid increase, swarm. Def.: Multeskar abundege e
rapide. Ex.: La pululado di mikrobi esas tre rapida. — EFIS
pulver-o: powder, any dry stuff composed of small
particles, as used in guns, pharmacy (cf. polvo, pudro); -a:
of powder; -oza, -atra: powdery; -igar: to reduce (ulo)
to powder, to pulverize; -ig-ita: pulverized; -iz-ar:
to cover with p.; -ifar: to make, produce p.; -if-erio:
p.-making establishment; -magazino: p.-magazine; -uyo:
p.-holder, -horn; chas- -o: p. for hunting purposes; min-
-o: p. for mining, blasting; karbon- -o: coal-dust; fek-
-o: dried night-soil. — DeFIS
puma-o:(zool.) puma, cougar (Felis concolor). —
DEFIRS
pumic-o: pumice (-stone); -agar: (tr.) to
rub (ulo) with pumice. — EIS
pump-ar:(tr.) to pump; -ilo: a pump; -isto:
pumper; (fig.) fireman; aer- -ilo: air pump; incendio-
-ilo: fire-engine. — DEFIS
punc-ar:(tr.) to punch: indent with pump or die; -uro:
(result) stamp (as of coins, medals, etc.); -ilo: punch.
V. exp.: Puncar diferas de la stampo per ke stampar
esas nur imprimar sur surfaco, kontre ke puncar esas
penetrar o mem borar ula korpo; II-357. — DeFIS
punch-o:(beverage) punch. — DEFIRS
puncion-ar:(tr. surg.) to puncture, tap (a tumor,
etc.). — DEFIS
punis-ar:(tr.) to punish, chastise (ulu, por,
per); -o: (act) punishment; -uro:
penalty; -eso: punishment: state of being punished; -ala:
penal; -anto, -ero: punisher, chastiser; -inda:
punishable; -esar: to be punished (da, pro); -o
per amendo: punishment by fine; -tasko: extra task (as
at school); -laboro: hard labo(u)r; -domo: house of
correction. — EFIS
puns-ar:(tr.) to pounce (a design). Def.: Kopiar
desegno per pulvero, quan on pasigas tra la trui di papero
perforita segun la linei di la desegno; VI-116. — EF
punt-o:(geom., astron., typo., play) point; dot;
position; period; small hole (as made by a needle or awl); -izar:
to dot, prick, mark (ulo) with a point; to punctuate; -iz-ado,
-uro: punctuation; dotting; -izo-signo: stop; -izar
le «i»: to dot the i’s; -o-komo: semi-colon (;);
klamo- -o: exclamation mark (!); bi-punto:
colon (:); question- -o: question mark (?); suto-
-o: stitch; kontakto- -o: p. of contact; depart-
-o: p. of departure; seko- -o: p. of intersection; incido-
-o: p. of incidence; halto- -o: stop; vid- -o:
viewpoint; morto- -o: p. of death; kardinala -o: (geog.)
cardinal p.; kriz-ala -o: critical p.; repoz- -o: (mus.)
pause. — DEFIRS
pup-o: poop, stern (of a ship, boat). Def.: Dopa parto di
navo, di batelo; III-594. — EFIS
pupe-o: doll, puppet; ludar per -o: to play with a
doll; -atra: doll-like. — DeF
pupil-o:(anat.) pupil (of eye). — DEFIRS
pupitr-o: desk for reading, writing, drawing, etc. (N.B.
not pulpit; cf. katedro); muzik- -o: music-stand. —
FIS
pur-a: pure (air, water, blood, wine, race, life, style,
intentions, mathematics, etc.); genuine, unmingled, unalloyed;
plain, mere, sheer; downright; -eso: purity, pureness; -e:
purely, genuinely, merely; -igar: to make (ulo)
pure, purify; -ig-anta, -ema: purifying; -ismo: (rhet.)
excessive nicety, esp. in choice of words; -ista, -isto:
purist(ic) (in choice of words); -sang-a: pure-blooded; -sang-ulo,
-ino: thoroughbred. Def.: sen intermixuro; ne alterita,
ne-viciizita, ne-koruptita. — DEFIS
pure-o: purée, a thick soup, as of vegetables,
boiled and strained. — DeFIS
purg-ar:(tr. lit. and fig.) to purge (the body,
soul, mind, etc.); -iva, -ivo: purgative; -ilo: a
purging instrument. V. exp.: Purgar: kuracar per purgivo
(quale purgar intestini); liberigar de nepurajo e stranjeraji
(quale purgar metalo); liberigar de kulpi etikal, intelektala
(quale purgar de prejudiko, misopiniono). — DEFIS
purgatori-o: purgatory. — DEFIS
puritan-(ul)o: a puritan; -ismo: Puritanism. —
DEFIRS
purpur-o: purple (colored); -o: purple, (the
colo(u)r, dye); -atra: purplish; -izar: to empurple
(ulo). — DeFIRS
