bule

See also: bulè, bulë, bulɛ, bulę, bułę, and bùlè

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbulɛ]

Verb

bule

  1. masculine singular present transgressive of bulit

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese bule, from Dutch boulevard. Doublet of baluarti, bulai, and bulevar. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).

Noun

bule (first-person possessive buleku, second-person possessive bulemu, third-person possessive bulenya)

  1. albino (any animal with albinism)
  2. (colloquial, ethnic slur) a Westerner, a Caucasian
  3. (colloquial, neutral) a foreigner, usually a Westerner

Adjective

bule

  1. albino (having albinism)

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.lɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ulɛ
  • Syllabification: bu‧le
  • Homophone: bulę

Noun

bule f

  1. dative/locative singular of buła

Noun

bule f

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of bula

Portuguese
bule

Etymology

Unknown, perhaps from Malay buli, buli-buli (“small stoppered vial or flask of glass or porcelain”), or from Arabic بُلْبُلَة‎ (bulbula).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbu.li/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbu.le/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbu.lɨ/, /ˈbul/ [ˈbuɫ]

  • Hyphenation: bu‧le

Noun

bule m (plural bules)

  1. teapot

West Makian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.l̪e/

Verb

bule

  1. (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

References
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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