pulgas
Cebuano
noun
Definitions
- a flea; a small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities
Etymology
Derived from Spanish, Castilian pulgas derived from Latin *pulīca, pūlex (flea) derived from Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (flea).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*plúsis
Gloss
flea
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *pulīca Latin
- pulex Latin
- pūlex Latin
- pūlicem Latin
- pulgas Spanish, Castilian
- *plews- Proto-Indo-European
- *plúsis Proto-Indo-European
- *flauhaz Proto-Germanic
- प्लुषि Sanskrit
- fleen Middle English
- pulgason Cebuano
- pulgas Tagalog
- pulga Old Portuguese
- *plúšiš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- pulga Asturian
- *plúṣiṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- pulga Old Spanish
- pulco Dalmatian
- príṣu Kalasha
- pulgas Chavacano
- پُولُوۨشُو Khowar