בולבע
Yiddish edit
Etymology edit
From a Slavic language, probably Ukrainian бу́льба (búlʹba) or Belarusian бу́льба (búlʹba).
Noun edit
בולבע • (bulbe) f, plural בולבעס (bulbes)
- potato (plant tuber eaten as starchy vegetable)
- Synonym: קאַרטאָפֿל (kartofl)
Derived terms edit
- קאַשע־בולבע (kashe-bulbe)
Further reading edit
- Map of dialectal variants for "potato(es)" from Litvish: An Atlas of Northeastern Yiddish by Dovid Katz