bula

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Brunei Malay

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Etymology

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Compare Malay bola.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bula/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧la

Noun

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bula

  1. ball (spherical object for playing games)
  2. (colloquial) football (UK), soccer (US)

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Cebuano

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *bujeq (via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bujeq).[1]

Noun

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bulà (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜎ)

  1. bubble
  2. froth; foam
  3. lather
  4. coconut apple; coconut embryo

Verb

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bulâ (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜎ)

  1. to bubble
  2. to lather; to cover with suds; to lather up
  3. to form or emit foam
  4. to spew saliva as foam, to foam at the mouth
  5. to create froth in (a liquid)

Adjective

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bulâ (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜎ)

  1. bubbly

References

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  1. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Chamorro

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Adjective

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bula

  1. plenty; a lot

Chavacano

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Etymology

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From Tagalog bula.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /buˈlaʔ/, [buˈlaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: bu‧la

Noun

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bulâ

  1. (Ternateño, Zamboangueño) bubble
    Synonym: (Caviteño) espuma

Fijian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Central Pacific *wola, from Proto-Oceanic *wola, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada (to exist).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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bula!

  1. hello!
  2. cheers!

Verb

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bula

  1. to live
  2. to exist

Noun

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bula

  1. life
  2. existence

Galician

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Probably from a Celtic substrate language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷew- (excrement; dung) or Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (cow); compare bosta, bouta, busto.

Noun

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bula f (plural bulas)

  1. (uncountable) dung, manure (of cattle)
    Synonym: bosta
  2. platter, an individual cow dung
    Synonym: bosta
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Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin bulla (seal, sealed document; bull), from Latin bulla (bubble, rounded object). Doublet of bóla and bola.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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bula f (plural bulas)

  1. bull (document)

Etymology 3

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Verb

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bula

  1. inflection of bulir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Of uncertain origin. Possibly related to the archaic bulya (Turkish woman; concubine),[1] from Serbo-Croatian бу̏лаbȕla (a Muslim woman in harem pants or covered with a headscarf; a married woman), from Ottoman Turkish بولا (bola, bula, wife of one’s paternal uncle; lady, miss).[2] Alternatively, borrowed from Romani bulǎ, plural of bul (ass, buttocks) (compare Romanian bul (ass, buttocks) (slang)), from Sanskrit बुलि (buli, vagina, anus).[3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbulɒ]
  • Hyphenation: bu‧la
  • Rhymes: -lɒ

Noun

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bula (plural bulák)

  1. (slang, somewhat vulgar) (woman's) ass, buttocks or vulva
  2. (slang, somewhat vulgar) woman, girl

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bula bulák
accusative bulát bulákat
dative bulának buláknak
instrumental bulával bulákkal
causal-final buláért bulákért
translative bulává bulákká
terminative buláig bulákig
essive-formal bulaként bulákként
essive-modal
inessive bulában bulákban
superessive bulán bulákon
adessive bulánál buláknál
illative bulába bulákba
sublative bulára bulákra
allative bulához bulákhoz
elative bulából bulákból
delative buláról bulákról
ablative bulától buláktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
buláé buláké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
buláéi bulákéi
Possessive forms of bula
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bulám buláim
2nd person sing. bulád buláid
3rd person sing. bulája bulái
1st person plural bulánk buláink
2nd person plural bulátok buláitok
3rd person plural bulájuk buláik

References

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  1. ^ Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (“A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian”). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition →ISBN. Online searchable version (under development)
  2. ^ bulya in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
  3. ^ Mátyás Arató (2016) “A romani és beás eredetű szavak alapkérdései és alapproblémái a magyar nyelvben”, in Anyanyelvünk évszázadai, volume 2, Budapest: ELTE Magyar Nyelvtörténeti, Szociolingvisztikai, Dialektológiai Tanszék, →ISBN, page 75

Further reading

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  • bula in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Iban

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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bula

  1. to lie

Derived terms

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Ladino

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Noun

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bula f (Latin spelling)

  1. lady, madam

Synonyms

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Nyunga

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Adjective

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bula

  1. abundant, plentiful
  2. many

References

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  • 1853, Rosendo Salvado, The Salvado Memoirs (1977 edition edited by E. J. Storman)

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *bulô (bull), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥no-, from *bʰel- (to blow, swell up)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bula m

  1. bull

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: bole, bule, bul, bolle, boule, bool, boole
    • English: bull
    • Scots: bul, bull

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Spanish volar and Portuguese voar, Portuguese pular and Kabuverdianu bua.

Verb

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bula

  1. to fly
  2. to jump

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Borrowed from French boule. First attested in 1613.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.la/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ula
  • Syllabification: bu‧la

Noun

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bula f

  1. boule (one of the bowls used in the French game of boules)
  2. protuberance (bulge of some surface)
    Synonyms: wybrzuszenie, wypukłość

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References

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  1. ^ Jadwiga Chotkowska (19.08.2010) “BULA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading

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Portuguese

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 bula on Portuguese Wikipedia
bula

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin bulla (seal, sealed document; bull), from Latin bulla (bubble, rounded object). Doublet of bola and bolha.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bu‧la

Noun

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bula f (plural bulas)

  1. bull (document)
  2. (pharmacy) medication package insert (document that provides information about a drug and its use)
    Synonym: leitura

Etymology 2

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Verb

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bula

  1. inflection of bulir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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bula f (plural bulas)

  1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) butterfly, moth

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بولا (bola, bula, wife of one’s paternal uncle; lady, miss).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bûla/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧la

Noun

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bȕla f (Cyrillic spelling бу̏ла)

  1. (colloquial) a Muslim woman in harem pants or covered with a headscarf
  2. (colloquial) a married woman
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Latin bulla (bubble).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bǔla/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧la

Noun

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bùla f (Cyrillic spelling бу̀ла)

  1. (medicine) bull (blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion)
  2. (anatomy) an empty space
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Etymology 3

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From bȕla (the first etymology).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bǔːla/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧la

Noun

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búla f (Cyrillic spelling бу́ла)

  1. (Islam) Islamic religion teacher
  2. (Islam) Islamic clerk or official
Declension
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Etymology 4

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin bulla.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bûla/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧la

Noun

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bȕla f (Cyrillic spelling бу̏ла)

  1. bull (seal affixed to a document)
  2. (by metonymy) charter with such bull
  3. a box in which a seal is stored
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References

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  • bula”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • bula”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • bula”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • bula”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Sotho

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-dùguda.

Verb

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bula

  1. to open
    Antonym: kwala

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Etymology

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin bulla (seal, sealed document; bull), from Latin bulla (bubble, rounded object). Doublet of bola and bolla.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbula/ [ˈbu.la]
  • Rhymes: -ula
  • Syllabification: bu‧la

Noun

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bula f (plural bulas)

  1. bull (document)
  2. strength
  3. (obsolete) bubble
    Synonym: burbuja

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Further reading

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Likely from Middle Low German būle, from or related to Proto-Germanic *būlǭ (swelling, bump), with an uncertain original form, but ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (to blow, inflate, swell up).

Doublet of ballong, boll, bolster, bulle, bälg, and bölja. Compare Dutch buil, German Beule, English boil.

Noun

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bula c

  1. a bulge, a bump (small, round, hard, tender swelling, especially one caused by a strike or blow)
    Jag slog i huvudet i skåpdörren och fick en bula
    I hit my head on the cabinet door and got a bump
  2. a bulge (smooth outward bend more generally, due to internal pressure or the like)
    Folk gav honom komplimanger för hans stora bula
    People complimented him on his big bulge

Declension

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References

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Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Derivation unknown. Possibly either from the following:

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Noun

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bulâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎ)

  1. foam; bubble; suds
    Synonyms: espuma, ampolya, (obsolete) subo
  2. foaming saliva caused by disease or great excitement
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Etymology 2

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Possibly from Malay bolak (prevarication). Alternatively, possibly from Hokkien 誣賴诬赖 (bû-lōa, to falsely incriminate), according to Manuel (1948). Compare Iban bula.

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Noun

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bulà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎ)

  1. lie; falsehood; fib
    Synonyms: kabulaanan, kasinungalingan
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Etymology 3

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulah, from Proto-Austronesian *buləS (Shorea albus).[3]

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Noun

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bulá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎ)

  1. Philippine mahogany (Toona calantas)
    Synonym: kalantas

Etymology 4

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Borrowed from Spanish bula (bull), from Medieval Latin bulla (seal, sealed document; bull), from Latin bulla (bubble, rounded object). Doublet of bola.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bula (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎ)

  1. bull (document)

Etymology 5

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bulà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎ) (obsolete)

  1. scaring of crows
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Interjection

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bulà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎ) (obsolete)

  1. word used for scaring crows away: shoo

References

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  1. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*budaq₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
  2. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bujeq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
  3. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buleS”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

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  • bula”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
    • page 304: Eſpantar) Bula [(pp)] cueruos repitiendo eſta palabra
    • page 308: Eſpuma) Bula (pc) T. dela olla o de otra coſa
  • Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 18

Anagrams

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Ternate

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bula

  1. a part, piece, component

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Xhosa

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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-bula?

  1. (transitive) to confess
    Synonym: -xela

Inflection

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Yogad

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Noun

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bulá

  1. boar