bula

inflection of bulë:
definite nominative singular

inflection of bulë:
indefinite nominative/accusative plural


bula

ball (spherical object for playing games)


bula

From Proto-Austronesian *bujeq (via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bujeq).


bula

to lather; to cover with suds; to lather up

to spew saliva as foam, to foam at the mouth


bula

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


bula

Probably from a Celtic substrate language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷew- (“excrement; dung”) or Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”); compare bosta, bouta, busto.


bula

bulas (plural)
bulda (alternative)
buldra (alternative)

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


bula

first/third-person singular present subjunctive

inflection of bulir:
third-person singular imperative


bula

(slang, somewhat vulgar) (woman's) ass, buttocks or vulva

bulák (plural)
bula (nominative singular)
bulák (nominative plural)
bulát (accusative singular)
bulákat (accusative plural)
bulának (dative singular)
buláknak (dative plural)
bulával (instrumental singular)
bulákkal (instrumental plural)
buláért (causal-final singular)
bulákért (causal-final plural)
bulává (singular translative)
bulákká (plural translative)
buláig (singular terminative)
bulákig (plural terminative)
bulaként (essive-formal singular)
bulákként (essive-formal plural)
bulában (inessive singular)
bulákban (inessive plural)
bulán (singular superessive)
bulákon (plural superessive)
bulánál (adessive singular)
buláknál (adessive plural)
bulába (illative singular)
bulákba (illative plural)
bulára (singular sublative)
bulákra (plural sublative)
bulához (allative singular)
bulákhoz (allative plural)
bulából (elative singular)
bulákból (elative plural)
buláról (delative singular)
bulákról (delative plural)
bulától (ablative singular)
buláktól (ablative plural)
buláé (singular)
buláké (plural)
buláéi (singular)
bulákéi (plural)
bulám (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
buláim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
bulád (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
buláid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
bulája (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
bulái (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
bulánk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
buláink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
bulátok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
buláitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
bulájuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
buláik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

Of uncertain origin. Possibly related to the archaic bulya (“Turkish woman; concubine”), from Serbo-Croatian бу̏ла /bȕla (“a Muslim woman in harem pants or covered with a headscarf; a married woman”), from Ottoman Turkish بولا (bola, bula, “wife of one’s paternal uncle; lady, miss”). Alternatively, borrowed from Romani bulǎ, plural of bul (“ass, buttocks”) (compare Romanian bul (“ass, buttocks”) (slang)), from Sanskrit बुलि (buli, “vagina, anus”).


bula

bula (nominative singular)
bulan (nominative plural)
bulan (accusative singular)
bulan (accusative plural)
bulan (genitive singular)
bulena (genitive plural)
bulan (dative singular)
bulum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: bole, bule, bul, bolle, boule, bool, boole
English: bull
Scots: bul, bull

From Proto-Germanic *bulô (“bull”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥no-, from *bʰel- (“to blow, swell up”)


bula

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


bula

boule (one of the bowls used in the French game of boules)

bula (nominative singular)
bule (nominative plural)
buli (genitive singular)
bul (genitive plural)
buli (dative singular)
bulom (dative plural)
bulę (accusative singular)
bule (accusative plural)
bulą (instrumental singular)
bulami (instrumental plural)
buli (locative singular)
bulach (locative plural)
bulo (singular vocative)
bule (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French boule. First attested in 1613.


bula

(pharmacy) medication package insert (document that provides information about a drug and its use)

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


bula

bulas (plural)
bella (alternative)
pula (alternative)


bula

(colloquial) a Muslim woman in harem pants or covered with a headscarf

bȕla (canonical feminine)
бу̏ла (Cyrillic)
bȕla (nominative singular)
bule (nominative plural)
bule (genitive singular)
bȗlā (genitive plural)
buli (dative singular)
bulama (dative plural)
bulu (accusative singular)
bule (accusative plural)
bulo (singular vocative)
bule (plural vocative)
buli (locative singular)
bulama (locative plural)
bulom (instrumental singular)
bulama (instrumental plural)

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


bula

(medicine) bull (blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion)

bùla (canonical feminine)
бу̀ла (Cyrillic)
bùla (nominative singular)
bule (nominative plural)
bule (genitive singular)
búlā (genitive plural)
buli (dative singular)
bulama (dative plural)
bulu (accusative singular)
bule (accusative plural)
bulo (singular vocative)
bule (plural vocative)
buli (locative singular)
bulama (locative plural)
bulom (instrumental singular)
bulama (instrumental plural)


bula

búla (canonical feminine)
бу́ла (Cyrillic)
bula (nominative singular)
bule (nominative plural)
bule (genitive singular)
bula (genitive plural)
buli (dative singular)
bulama (dative plural)
bulu (accusative singular)
bule (accusative plural)
bulo (singular vocative)
bule (plural vocative)
buli (locative singular)
bulama (locative plural)
bulom (instrumental singular)
bulama (instrumental plural)


bula

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


bula

Jag slog i huvudet i skåpdörren och fick en bula

I hit my head on the cabinet door and got a bump

a bulge, a bump (small, round, hard, tender swelling, especially one caused by a strike or blow)

Folk gav honom komplimanger för hans stora bula

People complimented him on his big bulge

a bulge (smooth outward bend more generally, due to internal pressure or the like)

bula (indefinite nominative singular)
bulas (genitive indefinite singular)
bulan (definite nominative singular)
bulans (definite genitive singular)
bulor (indefinite nominative plural)
bulors (genitive indefinite plural)
bulorna (definite nominative plural)
bulornas (definite genitive plural)

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


bula

foaming saliva caused by disease or great excitement

Derivation unknown. Possibly either from the following:
* From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *budaq
* From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bujəq, from Proto-Austronesian *bujəq,
* Borrowed from Spanish bula (“bubble”). The word burbuja has since displaced bula (“bubble”) in Spanish, then the old meaning could have remained in Tagalog if borrowed.


bula

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


bula

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


bula

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