בולבע
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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