bulwa

See also: bùlwa

Polish

Etymology

Either from German Bolle or Latin bulbus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbul.va/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Northern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈbul.va/

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• Rhymes: -ulva
• Syllabification: bul‧wa

Noun

bulwa f (diminutive bulwka)

1. (botany) tuber (enlarged structure for storing nutrients)
2. (colloquial) swelling
3. (Northern Greater Poland) potato

   Synonym: ziemniak

4. Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)

   Synonyms: słonecznik bulwiasty, topinambur

Declension

Declension of bulwa

	singular	plural
nominative	bulwa	bulwy
genitive	bulwy	bulw
dative	bulwie	bulwom
accusative	bulwę	bulwy
instrumental	bulwą	bulwami
locative	bulwie	bulwach
vocative	bulwo	bulwy

Derived terms

noun

• bulwocebula

 

Further reading

• bulwa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bulwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “bulwy”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 33