bulwa

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See also: bùlwa

Polish

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bulwa

Etymology

Either from German Bolle or Latin bulbus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbul.va/

(Greater Poland):
- (Kociewie) IPA^(key): /ˈbul.va/
- (Northern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈbul.va/

Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ulva
Syllabification: bul‧wa

Noun

bulwa f (diminutive bulwka)

(botany) tuber (enlarged structure for storing nutrients)
(colloquial) swelling
(Northern Greater Poland, Malbork) potato
Synonym: ziemniak
Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)
Synonyms: słonecznik bulwiasty, topinambur

Declension

Declension of bulwa

	singular	plural
nominative	bulwa	bulwy
genitive	bulwy	bulw
dative	bulwie	bulwom
accusative	bulwę	bulwy
instrumental	bulwą	bulwami
locative	bulwie	bulwach
vocative	bulwo	bulwy

Derived terms

noun

bulwocebula

Further reading

bulwa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
bulwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Oskar Kolberg (1877) “bulwy”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 33
Kazimierz Nitsch (1907) “bulwa”, in “Dyalekty polskie Prus zachodnich”, in Materyały i Prace Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie (in Polish), volume 3, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 386

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