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Yiddish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ukrainian бу́льба (búlʹba) and/or Belarusian бу́льба (búlʹba).
Noun
בולבע • (bulbe) f, plural בולבעס (bulbes), diminutive בולבעלע (bulbele)
- potato (plant tuber eaten as starchy vegetable)
- Synonym: קאַרטאָפֿל (kartofl)
- bubble
- Synonyms: בולבעלע (bulbele), בלעזל (blezl), בלעזעלע (blezele)
Derived terms
Further reading
References
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “בולבע” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “bubble”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN