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pulla.

cardamom bread, pulla (mildly sweet, leavened baked good made of wheat and flavored with crushed cardamom, resembling very soft bread in consistency)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpulːɑ/[ˈpulːɑ̝]

  1. cardamom bread, pulla (mildly sweet, leavened baked good made of wheat and flavored with crushed cardamom, resembling very soft bread in consistency)

  2. a simple soft, sweet bun flavored with crushed cardamom and often topped with some nib sugar

    specifically

  3. sweet roll, sweet bun (sweet, leavened baked good, often small enough to comprise a single serving)

    broadly

  4. ball (roundish food made of meat or similar ingredient and often cooked)

    in-compounds
    lihapulla
    falafel-pulla
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Swedish bulle, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ. Doublet of pullo.

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