Proto-Altaic: *p`ugu ( ~ -o)
Meaning: tinder; excrescence
Russian meaning: трут, древесный гриб, нарост
Comments: VEWT 508, Мудрак Дисс. 147. A Western isogloss. MMong. hula, (IM) holā, WMong. ula, Mongor fula may be a different root, corresponding directly to TM *pula (ТМС 2, 343) id. (see EAS 55, Poppe 12, Цинциус 1984, 53, Doerfer MT 132) - however, in TM *pug(u)la is also reconstructable, and MMong. hula may well be a variant of *huhula.
