buil

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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
Descendants
  • 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

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

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

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Further reading

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

Southern Kam

Pronunciation

Noun

buil

  1. fire
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