bulus

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Hiligaynon

Noun

búlus

  1. the beginning of a flood in a flooded river

Noun

bulús

  1. bale

Verb

bulús

  1. to substitute

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

bulus

  1. to pierce; to penetrate
    Synonyms: jebol, rasuk, tembus, yusup
  2. to be struck by a blow
Conjugation
Conjugation of bulus (meng-, intransitive)
Root bulus
Active Involuntary Passive Basic /
Imperative 		Emphatic /
Jussive
Active membulus terbulus dibulus bulus buluslah
Locative membulusi terbulusi dibulusi bulusi bulusilah
Causative / Applicative1 membuluskan terbuluskan dibuluskan buluskan buluskanlah
Causative
Active memperbulus terperbulus diperbulus perbulus perbuluslah
Locative memperbulusi terperbulusi diperbulusi perbulusi perbulusilah
Causative / Applicative1 memperbuluskan terperbuluskan diperbuluskan perbuluskan perbuluskanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦧꦸꦭꦸꦱ꧀ (bulus).

Noun

bulus (first-person possessive bulusku, second-person possessive bulusmu, third-person possessive bulusnya)

  1. Asiatic softshell turtle, black-rayed softshell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea)

Etymology 3

From Malay bolos.

Adjective

bulus

  1. bald; bare
    Synonyms: botak, gundul
  2. childless
Alternative forms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

bulus

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦸꦭꦸꦱ꧀
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