Cebuano edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish bolsa, from Late Latin bursa, from the Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, hide, wine-skin).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: bul‧sa

Noun edit

bulsa

  1. a pocket; a small bag inside a garment for carrying small items
  2. (obsolete) a sack; a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee
  3. (historical) a bolsa

Verb edit

bulsa

  1. to put something into a pocket
  2. to take and keep (especially money) that which is not one's own

Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bulsa.

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish bolsa.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bulsá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜐ)

  1. pocket
  2. bag; sack
  3. air pocket
  4. air bubble (as in cheese)

Derived terms edit

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