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See also: Bula, bulă, bulą, buła, bułą, Buła, -bula, and بلݳ

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Compare Malay bola.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bula

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

Derived terms

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Derivation unknown. Either if it was from Proto-Austronesian *bujeq (via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bujeq) or borrowed from Spanish burbuja (“bubble”).

Noun

bula

  1. a bubble
  2. substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains; froth; foam
  3. the foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water; lather

Verb

bula

  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

bula

  1. bubbly

Etymology 2

The spongy texture being likened to foam.

Noun

bula

  1. the cotyledon of a coconut; a coconut apple; a coconut embryo

References

  1. ^ Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary‎

Chamorro

Adjective

bula

  1. plenty; a lot

Chavacano

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog bula (“bubble”).

Noun

bulâ

  1. bubble

Fijian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Interjection

bula!

  1. hello!
  2. cheers!

Verb

bula

  1. to live
  2. to exist

Noun

bula

  1. life
  2. existence

Galician

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

bula f (plural bulas)

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

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Noun

bula f (plural bulas)

  1. bull (document)

Etymology 3

Verb

bula

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

References

  • “bulla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “bula” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “bula” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “bula” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “bula” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Iban

Pronunciation

Verb

bula

  1. to lie

Derived terms

Ladino

Noun

bula f (Latin spelling)

  1. lady, madam

Synonyms

Nyunga

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Adjective

bula

  1. abundant, plentiful
  2. many

References

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

Papiamentu

Etymology

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

Verb

bula

  1. to fly
  2. to jump

Portuguese

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bula

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bu‧la

Noun

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

Verb

bula

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

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

bula f (plural bulas)

  1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) butterfly, moth

Synonyms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bȕla f (Cyrillic spelling бу̏ла)

  1. (colloquial) a Muslim woman in harem pants or covered with a headscarf
  2. (colloquial) a married woman
Declension
Declension of bula
singular plural
nominative bȕla bule
genitive bule bȗlā
dative buli bulama
accusative bulu bule
vocative bulo bule
locative buli bulama
instrumental bulom bulama

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin bulla (“bubble”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bùla f (Cyrillic spelling бу̀ла)

  1. (medicine) bull (blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion)
  2. (anatomy) an empty space
Declension
Declension of bula
singular plural
nominative bùla bule
genitive bule búlā
dative buli bulama
accusative bulu bule
vocative bulo bule
locative buli bulama
instrumental bulom bulama

Etymology 3

From bȕla (the first etymology).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

búla f (Cyrillic spelling бу́ла)

  1. (Islam) Islamic religion teacher
  2. (Islam) Islamic clerk or official
Declension
Declension of bula
singular plural
nominative bula bule
genitive bule bula
dative buli bulama
accusative bulu bule
vocative bulo bule
locative buli bulama
instrumental bulom bulama

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bulla.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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
Declension
Declension of bula
singular plural
nominative bȕla bule
genitive bule bȗlā
dative buli bulama
accusative bulu bule
vocative bulo bule
locative buli bulama
instrumental bulom bulama

References

  • “bula” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “bula” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “bula” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “bula” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dùguda.

Verb

bula

  1. to open
    Antonym: kwala

Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbula/
  • Rhymes: -ula
  • Syllabification: bu‧la

Noun

bula f (plural bulas)

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

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Likely from Middle Low German būle. Compare Dutch buil, German Beule, English boil. Uncertain original form, but ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell up”). Doublet of ballong, boll, bolster, bulle, bälg, and bölja.

Noun

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

Declension of bula 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bula bulan bulor bulorna
Genitive bulas bulans bulors bulornas

Related terms

See also

References

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Derivation unknown. Either from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *budaq, Proto-Austronesian *bujəq via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bujəq, or borrowed from Spanish bula (“bubble”). The word burbuja has since displaced bula (“bubble”) in Spanish, then the old meaning remained in Tagalog if borrowed.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bulâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎ)

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

Etymology 2

Possibly from Malay bolak (“prevarication”). Alternatively, possibly from Hokkien 誣賴／诬赖 (bû-lōa, “to falsely incriminate”), according to Manuel (1948).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbulaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: bu‧la

Noun

bulà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎ)

  1. lie; falsehood; fib
    Synonyms: kabulaanan, kasinungalingan
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulah, from Proto-Austronesian *buləS (“Shorea albus”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈla/,
  • Hyphenation: bu‧la

Noun

bulá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎ)

  1. Philippine mahogany (Toona calantas)
    Synonym: kalantas

Etymology 4

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbula/,
  • Hyphenation: bu‧la

Noun

bula (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎ)

  1. bull (document)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbulaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: bu‧la

Noun

bulà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎ) (obsolete)

  1. scaring of crows
Derived terms
See also

Interjection

bulà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎ) (obsolete)

  1. word used for scaring crows away: shoo

References

  1. ^ Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*budaq₁”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
  2. ^ Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*bujeq”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Further reading

  • “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, La Noble Villa de Pila
    • page 304: “Eſpantar) Bula 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

Ternate

Pronunciation

Noun

bula

  1. a part, piece, component

References

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

Xhosa

Etymology

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

Verb

-bula?

  1. (transitive) to confess
    Synonym: -xela

Inflection

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Yogad

Noun

bulá

  1. boar
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