buil

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bœy̯l/

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• Hyphenation: buil
• Rhymes: -œy̯l

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bule, from Old Dutch *būla, from Proto-Germanic *būlijǭ, *būlǭ. Cognate with English beal, German Beule.

Noun

buil m (plural builen, diminutive builtje n)

1. a bruise, a bump

   Synonym: bluts

2. a boil, a swelling

Derived terms

• builenbrand
• builenpest
• etterbuil
• pestbuil

Descendants

• Afrikaans: buil
• Negerhollands: buil

Etymology 2

Contraction of buidel (“poach”).

Noun

buil m (plural builen, diminutive builtje n)

1. (chiefly in the diminutive) a small, closed bag or poach
2. a large, encased cylindric sieve, notably to separate flower and bran

   Synonym: builmolen

Derived terms

• builen
• builmolen
• theebuiltje
• windbuil

Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *buyal, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan (“moon, month”), from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN (“moon, month”).

Noun

búil

1. month
2. moon

References

• buil in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• buil in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• buil in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 29.

Scots

Pronunciation

• (Southern Scots) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪl/

Verb

buil (third-person singular simple present buils, present participle builin, simple past built, past participle built)

1. (Hawick, archaic) To weep or bawl.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish *bol, *bel, from Proto-Celtic *bhel, *bhol, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰel-, related to Old Armenian աւել- (awel-, “more”).

Noun

buil f (genitive singular buile, plural builean)

1. consequence, effect, result
2. completion, conclusion

Synonyms

• (effect): èifeachd, toradh

Derived terms

• buileach
• thig gu buil

Further reading

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “buil”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page buil

Southern Kam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pui⁵⁵/

Noun

buil

1. fire