Dutch

edit

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /bœy̯l/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: buil
  • Rhymes: -œy̯l

Etymology 1

edit

From Middle Dutch bule, from Old Dutch *būla, from Proto-Germanic *būlijǭ, *būlǭ. Cognate with English beal, German Beule.

Noun

edit

buil m (plural builen, diminutive builtje n)

  1. a bruise, a bump
    Synonym: bluts
  2. a boil, a swelling
Derived terms
edit
Descendants
edit
  • Afrikaans: buil
  • Negerhollands: buil

Etymology 2

edit

Contraction of buidel (poach).

Noun

edit

buil m (plural builen, diminutive builtje n)

  1. (chiefly in the diminutive) a small, closed bag or poach
  2. a large, encased cylindric sieve, notably to separate flower and bran
    Synonym: builmolen
Derived terms
edit

Palauan

edit

Etymology

edit

From Pre-Palauan *buyal, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan (moon, month), from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN (moon, month).

Noun

edit

búil

  1. month
  2. moon

References

edit
  • buil in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
  • buil in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
  • buil in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 29.

Scots

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

buil (third-person singular simple present buils, present participle builin, simple past built, past participle built)

  1. (Hawick, archaic) To weep or bawl.

Scottish Gaelic

edit

Etymology

edit

From Old Irish *bol, *bel, from Proto-Celtic *bhel, *bhol, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰel-, related to Old Armenian աւել- (awel-, more).

Noun

edit

buil f (genitive singular buile, plural builean)

  1. consequence, effect, result
  2. completion, conclusion

Synonyms

edit

Derived terms

edit

Further reading

edit
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “buil”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page buil

Southern Kam

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

buil

  1. fire