bule
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bule
Czech
Pronunciation
Verb
bule
Galician
Verb
bule
Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese bule. Doublet of bulai. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).
Pronunciation
- Audio
Noun
bule (first-person possessive buleku, second-person possessive bulemu, third-person possessive bulenya)
- (colloquial or possibly dated) albinism (person or any animal with the condition)
- (colloquial, neutral or derogatory) a foreigner, usually a Westerner or a Caucasian
Adjective
bule
- (colloquial or possibly dated) albino (having albinism)
Further reading
- “bule” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
bule f
Noun
bule f
Portuguese
Etymology
Unknown, perhaps from Malay buli, buli-buli (“small stoppered vial or flask of glass or porcelain”), or from Arabic بُلْبُلَة (bulbula).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧le
Noun
bule m (plural bules)
West Makian
Pronunciation
Verb
bule
- (transitive) to twine (rope, etc.)
Conjugation
| Conjugation of bule (action verb) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | tobule | mobule | abule | |
| 2nd person | nobule | fobule | ||
| 3rd person | inanimate | ibule | dobule | |
| animate | ||||
| imperative | nubule, bule | fubule, bule | ||