bula

See also: Bula, bulą, buła, bułą, and Buła

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Compare Malay bola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bula/
• Hyphenation: bu‧la

Noun

bula

1. ball (spherical object for playing games)
2. (colloquial) football (UK), soccer (US)

Derived terms

• bula sipak (“football”)

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Burushaski

Etymology

Compare bulbul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bula]

Noun

bula (plural bulamuts)

1. partridge

References

Sadaf Munshi (2015) “Word Lists”, in Burushaski Language Documentation Project‎^[1].

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Cebuano

Alternative forms

• buwa

Etymology 1

From Spanish burbuja (“bubble”).

Noun

bula

1. a bubble
2. substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains; froth; foam
3. the foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water; lather

Verb

bula

1. to bubble
2. to lather; to cover with suds; to lather up
3. to form or emit foam
4. to spew saliva as foam, to foam at the mouth
5. to create froth in (a liquid)

Adjective

bula

1. bubbly

Etymology 2

The spongy texture being likened to foam.

Noun

bula

1. the cotyledon of a coconut; a coconut apple; a coconut embryo

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Chamorro

Adjective

bula

1. plenty; a lot

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Tagalog bula (“bubble”).

Noun

bulâ

1. bubble

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Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *wola, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada (“to exist”).

Interjection

bula!

1. hello!

Verb

bula

1. to live
2. to exist

Noun

bula

1. life
2. existence

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Ladino

Noun

1. lady, madam

Synonyms

• bulisa

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Nyunga

Adjective

bula

1. abundant, plentiful
2. many

References

• Template:RQ:Salvado1853

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish volar and Portuguese voar and Kabuverdianu bua.

Verb

bula

1. to fly
2. to jump

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Portuguese

bula

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bulla (“seal, sealed document; bull”), from Latin bulla (“bubble, rounded object”). Doublet of bola and bolha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.lɐ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.la/

Noun

bula f (plural s)

1. bull (document)

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) bella
• (Surmiran) pula

Noun

bula f (plural bulas)

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) butterfly, moth

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) spler
• (Rumantsch Grischun) tgiralla
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) tschitta
• (Puter) chüralla
• (Vallader) splerin

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish بولا (bola, bula, “wife of one’s paternal uncle; lady, miss”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bûla/
• Hyphenation: bu‧la

Noun

bȕla f (Cyrillic spelling бу̏ла)

1. (colloquil) a Muslim women in harem pants or covered with a headscarf
2. (colloquil) a married woman

Declension

Declension of bula

	singular	plural
nominative	bȕla	bule
genitive	bule	bȗlā
dative	buli	bulama
accusative	bulu	bule
vocative	bulo	bule
locative	buli	bulama
instrumental	bulom	bulama

Etymology 2

From Latin bulla (“bubble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǔla/
• Hyphenation: bu‧la

Noun

bùla f (Cyrillic spelling бу̀ла)

1. (medicine) bull (blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion)
2. (anatomy) an empty space

Declension

Declension of bula

	singular	plural
nominative	bùla	bule
genitive	bule	búlā
dative	buli	bulama
accusative	bulu	bule
vocative	bulo	bule
locative	buli	bulama
instrumental	bulom	bulama

Etymology 3

From bȕla (the first etymology).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǔːla/
• Hyphenation: bu‧la

Noun

búla f (Cyrillic spelling бу́ла)

1. (Islam) Islamic religion teacher
2. (Islam) Islamic clerk or official

Declension

Declension of bula

	singular	plural
nominative	bula	bule
genitive	bule	bula
dative	buli	bulama
accusative	bulu	bule
vocative	bulo	bule
locative	buli	bulama
instrumental	bulom	bulama

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bulla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bûla/
• Hyphenation: bu‧la

Noun

bȕla f (Cyrillic spelling бу̏ла)

1. bull (seal affixed to a document)
2. (by metonymy) charter with such bull
3. a box in which a seal is stored

Declension

Declension of bula

	singular	plural
nominative	bȕla	bule
genitive	bule	bȗlā
dative	buli	bulama
accusative	bulu	bule
vocative	bulo	bule
locative	buli	bulama
instrumental	bulom	bulama

References

• “bula” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “bula” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “bula” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “bula” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bulla (“seal, sealed document; bull”), from Latin bulla (“bubble, rounded object”). Doublet of bola and bolla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbula/ [ˈbu.la]

Noun

bula f (plural bulas)

1. bull (document)
2. strength

Derived terms

• bula papal
• bula pontificia

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Spanish bula (“bubble”). The Spanish word burbuja has since displaced bula (“bubble”), but the old meaning remained in Tagalog.

Noun

bulâ

1. foam; bubble; suds
2. foaming saliva caused by disease or great excitement

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bulà

1. lie; falsehood; fib

Synonyms

• kabulaanan
• kasinungalingan

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Xhosa

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

-bula^?

1. (transitive) to confess

   Synonym: -xela

Inflection

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