bulus

Hiligaynon

Noun

búlus

1. the beginning of a flood in a flooded river

Noun

bulús

1. bale

Verb

bulús

1. to substitute

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbulus/ [ˈbu.lʊs]
• Rhymes: -ulus
• Syllabification: bu‧lus

Etymology 1

Verb

bulus

1. to pierce; to penetrate

   Synonyms: jebol, rasuk, tembus, yusup

2. to be struck by a blow

Conjugation

Conjugation of bulus (meng-, intransitive)

root	bulus
	active	involuntary	passive	basic / imperative	emphatic / jussive
active	membulus	terbulus	dibulus	bulus	buluslah
locative	membulusi	terbulusi	dibulusi	bulusi	bulusilah
causative / applicative1	membuluskan	terbuluskan	dibuluskan	buluskan	buluskanlah
	causative
active	memperbulus	terperbulus	diperbulus	perbulus	perbuluslah
locative	memperbulusi	terperbulusi	diperbulusi	perbulusi	perbulusilah
causative / applicative1	memperbuluskan	terperbuluskan	diperbuluskan	perbuluskan	perbuluskanlah

¹ The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• membulus
• membuluskan
• terbulus

Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦧꦸꦭꦸꦱ꧀ (bulus).

Noun

bulus (plural bulus-bulus)

1. Asiatic softshell turtle, black-rayed softshell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea)

Etymology 3

From Malay bolos.

Adjective

bulus

1. bald; bare

   Synonyms: botak, gundul

2. childless

Alternative forms

• bolos (nonstandard)

Further reading

• “bulus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

bulus

1. Romanization of ꦧꦸꦭꦸꦱ꧀