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bulu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bulu"

Brunei Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *bulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu.

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Noun

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bulu

  1. body hair (humans)
  2. fur (animals)
  3. feather

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References

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  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bulu₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Chichewa

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese burro.

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Noun

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bulú class 1a (plural abulú class 2)

  1. donkey

Dupaningan Agta

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluq, from Proto-Austronesian *buluq.

Noun

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bulu

  1. bamboo

References

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  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buluq₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Fiji Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English blue.

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bulu

  1. blue

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Iban

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *bulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.lu/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧lu
  • Rhymes: -ulu

Noun

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bulu

  1. body hair
  2. fur
  3. feather

See also

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  • buk (“hair”)

References

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  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bulu₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Malay bulu, from Proto-Malayic *bulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu.

Noun

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bulu (countable and uncountable, plural bulu-bulu)

  1. body hair
    Synonym: rambut
  2. fur
    Synonym: rambut
  3. (zoology) feather
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rambut is prescribed over bulu for the senses 1 and 2.

Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Nias [Term?].

Noun

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bulu (countable and uncountable, plural bulu-bulu)

  1. a kind of small plate, made of turtle shell on gold scales

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  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bulu₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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Kambera

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Verb

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bulu

  1. (intransitive) to be empty
  2. (intransitive) to be clear

Derived terms

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References

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  • Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 179

Limos Kalinga

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluq, from Proto-Austronesian *buluq.

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bulu

  1. bamboo

References

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  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buluq₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Lindu

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Noun

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bulu

  1. mountain

Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *bulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu.

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Noun

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bulu (Jawi spelling بولو, plural bulu-bulu)

  1. body hair
  2. fur
  3. feather

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: bulu
  • North Moluccan Malay: bulu

See also

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References

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  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bulu₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

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Puyuma

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *buluq.

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bulu

  1. kind of slender bamboo, Thyrsostachys siamensis
    asuwa driya, milibeng mi dra bulu.
    In the early days, the walls of our house were made of slender bamboos.

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  • Josiane Cauquelin (2015) Nanwang Puyuma-English Dictionary (Language and Linguistics Monograph Series 56), Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, →ISBN, page 110
  • Stacy Fang-Ching Teng (鄧芳青) (2008) A Reference Grammar Of Puyuma, An Austronesian Language Of Taiwan, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 16

Rukai

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Noun

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bulu

  1. semen

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From English bull.

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bulu

  1. bull

Tumbuka

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese burro.

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bulu class 1a (plural ŵabulu class 2)

  1. donkey
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