pulia' noun English. A cultivated vine bearing a rough-skinned green squash (ca. 6 x 25 cm.), that is cooked as a vegetable and characterized as bitter, probably Scientific name. Momordica charantia Example sentence: Subanen. Pengupu' mu ig bunga pulia' kiin, peksaluy ta tu madekiting, yawat na peksaluy ta masin muka' gaas. English. Pick that bitter squash; let's sell it at the market, so that at least we'll have enough money to buy salt and kerosene. pulia' guak noun English. A smaller (ca. 2 cm.diam.), smoother-skinned variety of pulia' considered extremely bitter. Generic. lempan; mula