"bulla" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbul.la/ [Classical], [ˈbʊlːʲä] [Classical], /ˈbul.la/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈbulːä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from Gaulish [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“swelling”), same source as Middle Dutch puyl (“bag”) and Lithuanian bule (“buttocks”), or from *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). Ultimately onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*bew-|*bʰel-|id2=blow}}, {{unc|la}} Uncertain, {{der|la|cel-gau}} Gaulish [Term?], {{der|la|ine-pro|*bew-||swelling}} Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“swelling”), {{cog|dum|puyl||bag}} Middle Dutch puyl (“bag”), {{cog|lt|bule||buttocks}} Lithuanian bule (“buttocks”), {{m|ine-pro|*bʰel-|id=blow|t=to blow, inflate, swell}} *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”), {{onomatopoeic|la|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic Head templates: {{la-noun|bulla<1>}} bulla f (genitive bullae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|bulla<1>}} Forms: bullae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], bulla [nominative, singular], bullae [nominative, plural], bullae [genitive, singular], bullārum [genitive, plural], bullae [dative, singular], bullīs [dative, plural], bullam [accusative, singular], bullās [accusative, plural], bullā [ablative, singular], bullīs [ablative, plural], bulla [singular, vocative], bullae [plural, vocative]
  1. a bubble Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-bulla-la-noun-tCOuc9AC Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 13 14 18 26 29
  2. a swollen or bubble-shaped object
    a knob, boss, or stud, as on doors, shields, etc.
    Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-bulla-la-noun-n46KI6sS Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 13 14 18 26 29
  3. a swollen or bubble-shaped object
    (historical) a bulla: a protective (usually golden) amulet worn by upper-class Roman children
    Tags: declension-1, feminine, historical
    Sense id: en-bulla-la-noun-j504aDuV Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 13 14 18 26 29
  4. a swollen or bubble-shaped object
    (Medieval Latin, historical) a round metallic seal certifying official medieval documents, particularly the golden imperial seal and the leaden papal one.
    Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine, historical
    Sense id: en-bulla-la-noun-la:seal Categories (other): Medieval Latin, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 13 14 18 26 29
  5. (Medieval Latin) a papal bull or other official document sealed with a bulla Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-bulla-la-noun-M8lhFx8o Categories (other): Medieval Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin onomatopoeias Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 18 32 47 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 13 14 18 26 29 Disambiguation of Latin onomatopoeias: 3 3 17 34 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bullescō, bulliō, bullula, bullā dignus, bullātus, bullō

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bullescō"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bulliō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bullula"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bullā dignus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bullātus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bullō"
    }
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Eastern Romance"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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            "2": "bulă"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: bulă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: bulă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Dalmatian"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "buḍḍa"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: buḍḍa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: buḍḍa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Rhaeto-Romance"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "bole"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: bole",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: bole"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "bóła"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: bóła",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: bóła"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Iberian"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
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          },
          "expansion": "Galician: bola",
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        }
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      "text": "Galician: bola"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: bola, bolha",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: bola, bolha"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish:"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "bula"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: bula",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: bula"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "butlla",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: butlla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: butlla"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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            "1": "en",
            "2": "bull",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ English: bull, bulla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ English: bull, bulla"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: bula",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: bula"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
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          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: bulla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: bulla"
    },
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          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
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          },
          "expansion": "Irish: bulla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: bulla",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: bulla"
    },
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: bula",
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      "text": "→ Portuguese: bula"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: bulle, boille, boule, boulle, burle\nMiddle French: bulle\nFrench: bulle\n→ Middle English: bulle\nEnglish: bull\nScots: bull, bul",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: bulle, boille, boule, boulle, burle\nMiddle French: bulle\nFrench: bulle\n→ Middle English: bulle\nEnglish: bull\nScots: bull, bul"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
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            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *bolla",
          "name": "desc"
        },
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          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
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          },
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          "name": "m"
        },
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          "args": {
            "1": "merger with Frankish <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"gmw-pro\">*bollā</i>; see there for more descendants"
          },
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          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *bolla (merger with Frankish *bollā; see there for more descendants)"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bew-",
        "4": "*bʰel-",
        "id2": "blow"
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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        "4": "",
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      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "puyl",
        "3": "",
        "4": "bag"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "bule",
        "3": "",
        "4": "buttocks"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      "expansion": "onomatopoeic",
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    }
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    {
      "form": "bullae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "bulla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "bullae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bullae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bullārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bullae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bullīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bullam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bullās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bullā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bullīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bulla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bullae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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    }
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        "1": "bulla<1>"
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  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 14 18 26 29",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a bubble"
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        }
      ],
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        "a swollen or bubble-shaped object",
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      ],
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        ],
        [
          "object",
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        ],
        [
          "particularly",
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          "knob",
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        ],
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          "boss",
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        ],
        [
          "stud",
          "stud"
        ],
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          "as",
          "as"
        ],
        [
          "door",
          "door"
        ],
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          "shield",
          "shield"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
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    },
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        [
          "shape",
          "shape"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ],
        [
          "particularly",
          "particularly"
        ],
        [
          "bulla",
          "bulla#English"
        ],
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          "protective",
          "protective"
        ],
        [
          "usually",
          "usually"
        ],
        [
          "golden",
          "golden"
        ],
        [
          "amulet",
          "amulet"
        ],
        [
          "worn",
          "worn"
        ],
        [
          "upper",
          "upper"
        ],
        [
          "class",
          "class"
        ],
        [
          "Roman",
          "Roman"
        ],
        [
          "children",
          "children"
        ]
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        "a swollen or bubble-shaped object",
        "(historical) a bulla: a protective (usually golden) amulet worn by upper-class Roman children"
      ],
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          "_dis": "13 14 18 26 29",
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        }
      ],
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        "a swollen or bubble-shaped object",
        "a round metallic seal certifying official medieval documents, particularly the golden imperial seal and the leaden papal one."
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "bubble",
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        ],
        [
          "shape",
          "shape"
        ],
        [
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          "object"
        ],
        [
          "particularly",
          "particularly"
        ],
        [
          "round",
          "round"
        ],
        [
          "metallic",
          "metallic"
        ],
        [
          "seal",
          "seal"
        ],
        [
          "certify",
          "certify"
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        [
          "official",
          "official"
        ],
        [
          "medieval",
          "medieval"
        ],
        [
          "document",
          "document"
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        [
          "golden",
          "golden"
        ],
        [
          "imperial",
          "imperial"
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        [
          "leaden",
          "leaden"
        ],
        [
          "papal",
          "papal"
        ],
        [
          "one",
          "one"
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        "a swollen or bubble-shaped object",
        "(Medieval Latin, historical) a round metallic seal certifying official medieval documents, particularly the golden imperial seal and the leaden papal one."
      ],
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        "la:seal"
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      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-1",
        "feminine",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 3 18 32 47",
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 17 34 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a papal bull or other official document sealed with a bulla"
      ],
      "id": "en-bulla-la-noun-M8lhFx8o",
      "links": [
        [
          "papal bull",
          "papal bull"
        ],
        [
          "other",
          "other"
        ],
        [
          "official",
          "official"
        ],
        [
          "document",
          "document"
        ],
        [
          "seal",
          "seal"
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          "bulla",
          "bulla#Latin:_seal"
        ]
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        "(Medieval Latin) a papal bull or other official document sealed with a bulla"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbul.la/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbʊlːʲä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbul.la/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbulːä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bulla"
}
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  "categories": [
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin onomatopoeias",
    "Latin terms derived from Gaulish",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bew-",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰel- (blow)",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin terms with unknown etymologies"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bullescō"
    },
    {
      "word": "bulliō"
    },
    {
      "word": "bullula"
    },
    {
      "word": "bullā dignus"
    },
    {
      "word": "bullātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "bullō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Eastern Romance"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "bulă"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: bulă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: bulă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Dalmatian"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "buḍḍa"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: buḍḍa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: buḍḍa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Rhaeto-Romance"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "bole"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: bole",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: bole"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "bóła"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: bóła",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: bóła"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Iberian"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "bola"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: bola",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: bola"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "bola",
            "3": "bolha"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: bola, bolha",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: bola, bolha"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "bula"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: bula",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: bula"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "butlla",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: butlla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: butlla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "bull",
            "3": "bulla",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: bull, bulla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: bull, bulla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "bula",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: bula",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: bula"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "bulla",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: bulla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: bulla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "bulla"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: bulla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: bulla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "bulla",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: bulla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: bulla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "bula",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: bula",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: bula"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "bulle",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: bulle, boille, boule, boulle, burle\nMiddle French: bulle\nFrench: bulle\n→ Middle English: bulle\nEnglish: bull\nScots: bull, bul",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: bulle, boille, boule, boulle, burle\nMiddle French: bulle\nFrench: bulle\n→ Middle English: bulle\nEnglish: bull\nScots: bull, bul"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
            "2": "*bolla",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *bolla",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*bollā"
          },
          "expansion": "*bollā",
          "name": "m"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "merger with Frankish <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"gmw-pro\">*bollā</i>; see there for more descendants"
          },
          "expansion": "(merger with Frankish *bollā; see there for more descendants)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *bolla (merger with Frankish *bollā; see there for more descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bew-",
        "4": "*bʰel-",
        "id2": "blow"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cel-gau"
      },
      "expansion": "Gaulish [Term?]",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bew-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "swelling"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“swelling”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "puyl",
        "3": "",
        "4": "bag"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch puyl (“bag”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "bule",
        "3": "",
        "4": "buttocks"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian bule (“buttocks”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*bʰel-",
        "id": "blow",
        "t": "to blow, inflate, swell"
      },
      "expansion": "*bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "onomatopoeic",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Possibly from Gaulish [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“swelling”), same source as Middle Dutch puyl (“bag”) and Lithuanian bule (“buttocks”), or from *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). Ultimately onomatopoeic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bullae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bulla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bullae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bullae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bullārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bullae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bullīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bullam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bullās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bullā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bullīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bulla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bullae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bulla<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "bulla f (genitive bullae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bulla<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a bubble"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bubble",
          "bubble"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a swollen or bubble-shaped object",
        "a knob, boss, or stud, as on doors, shields, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swollen",
          "swollen"
        ],
        [
          "bubble",
          "bubble"
        ],
        [
          "shape",
          "shape"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ],
        [
          "particularly",
          "particularly"
        ],
        [
          "knob",
          "knob"
        ],
        [
          "boss",
          "boss"
        ],
        [
          "stud",
          "stud"
        ],
        [
          "as",
          "as"
        ],
        [
          "door",
          "door"
        ],
        [
          "shield",
          "shield"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a swollen or bubble-shaped object",
        "a bulla: a protective (usually golden) amulet worn by upper-class Roman children"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swollen",
          "swollen"
        ],
        [
          "bubble",
          "bubble"
        ],
        [
          "shape",
          "shape"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ],
        [
          "particularly",
          "particularly"
        ],
        [
          "bulla",
          "bulla#English"
        ],
        [
          "protective",
          "protective"
        ],
        [
          "usually",
          "usually"
        ],
        [
          "golden",
          "golden"
        ],
        [
          "amulet",
          "amulet"
        ],
        [
          "worn",
          "worn"
        ],
        [
          "upper",
          "upper"
        ],
        [
          "class",
          "class"
        ],
        [
          "Roman",
          "Roman"
        ],
        [
          "children",
          "children"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "a swollen or bubble-shaped object",
        "(historical) a bulla: a protective (usually golden) amulet worn by upper-class Roman children"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with historical senses",
        "Medieval Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a swollen or bubble-shaped object",
        "a round metallic seal certifying official medieval documents, particularly the golden imperial seal and the leaden papal one."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swollen",
          "swollen"
        ],
        [
          "bubble",
          "bubble"
        ],
        [
          "shape",
          "shape"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ],
        [
          "particularly",
          "particularly"
        ],
        [
          "round",
          "round"
        ],
        [
          "metallic",
          "metallic"
        ],
        [
          "seal",
          "seal"
        ],
        [
          "certify",
          "certify"
        ],
        [
          "official",
          "official"
        ],
        [
          "medieval",
          "medieval"
        ],
        [
          "document",
          "document"
        ],
        [
          "golden",
          "golden"
        ],
        [
          "imperial",
          "imperial"
        ],
        [
          "leaden",
          "leaden"
        ],
        [
          "papal",
          "papal"
        ],
        [
          "one",
          "one"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "a swollen or bubble-shaped object",
        "(Medieval Latin, historical) a round metallic seal certifying official medieval documents, particularly the golden imperial seal and the leaden papal one."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "la:seal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-1",
        "feminine",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Medieval Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a papal bull or other official document sealed with a bulla"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "papal bull",
          "papal bull"
        ],
        [
          "other",
          "other"
        ],
        [
          "official",
          "official"
        ],
        [
          "document",
          "document"
        ],
        [
          "seal",
          "seal"
        ],
        [
          "bulla",
          "bulla#Latin:_seal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) a papal bull or other official document sealed with a bulla"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbul.la/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbʊlːʲä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbul.la/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbulːä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bulla"
}

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