bule
Czech edit
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bule
Galician edit
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bule
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Javanese bule. Doublet of bulai. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).
Pronunciation edit
- Audio
Noun edit
bule (first-person possessive buleku, second-person possessive bulemu, third-person possessive bulenya)
- (colloquial or possibly dated) albinism (person or any animal with the condition)
- (colloquial, neutral or derogatory) a foreigner, usually a Westerner or a Caucasian
Adjective edit
bule
- (colloquial or possibly dated) albino (having albinism)
Further reading edit
- “bule” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bule f
Noun edit
bule f
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unknown, perhaps from Malay buli, buli-buli (“small stoppered vial or flask of glass or porcelain”), or from Arabic بُلْبُلَة (bulbula).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: bu‧le
Noun edit
bule m (plural bules)
West Makian edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bule
- (transitive) to twine (rope, etc.)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of bule (action verb) | ||||
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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 edit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics