buli

See also: Buli, bùlì, bulî, bùlǐ, -buli, and були

Albanian

Etymology

Related to ulpëti and ulzë, from Proto-Albanian *ul-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”). Compare Latin ulmus, Welsh llwyf and English elm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈli/

Noun

buli m (plural bulinj, definite bulini, definite plural bulinjtë)

1. (botany) fluttering elm ()

Synonyms

• vidh

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bu‧li

Noun

buli

1. the cabbage palm ()
2. (by extension) any member of the genus Corypha, collectively called buri palm
3. the fruit of this tree
4. the leaves of this plant
5. the fiber extracted from the leaves of this plant
6. a type of budbod
7. (anatomy) the penis

Anagrams

• lubi, luib

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Dupaningan Agta

Noun

buli

1. buttocks; anus; bottom (of a person or an object)

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Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?] (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Samoan, Tongan pule).

Noun

buli

1. cowrie shell

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Hiligaynon

Noun

bulî

1. buttock

Verb

búli

1. polish

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Poule, from French poule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuli]
• Hyphenation: bu‧li

Noun

buli (plural bulik)

1. party (a social gathering of humans for entertainment, fun and socializing)

   Synonyms: házibuli, szórakozás

2. (slang) deal, enterprise, venture

   Nincs benne a buliban. ― He is not in on the deal.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	buli	bulik
accusative	bulit	bulikat
dative	bulinak	buliknak
instrumental	bulival	bulikkal
causal-final	buliért	bulikért
translative	bulivá	bulikká
terminative	buliig	bulikig
essive-formal	buliként	bulikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	buliban	bulikban
superessive	bulin	bulikon
adessive	bulinál	buliknál
illative	buliba	bulikba
sublative	bulira	bulikra
allative	bulihoz	bulikhoz
elative	buliból	bulikból
delative	buliról	bulikról
ablative	bulitól	buliktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	bulié	buliké
non-attributive possessive - plural	buliéi	bulikéi

Possessive forms of buli
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	bulim	bulijaim (or buliim)
2nd person sing.	bulid	bulijaid (or buliid)
3rd person sing.	bulija	bulijai (or bulii)
1st person plural	bulink	bulijaink (or buliink)
2nd person plural	bulitok	bulijaitok (or buliitok)
3rd person plural	bulijuk	bulijaik (or buliik)

Derived terms

• bulizik

(Compound words):

• házibuli

Further reading

• buli in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• buli in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

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Macanese

Etymology

From Cantonese 撲棱 (puh ling)

Verb

buli

1. flap

   Buli su asa, borboleta agua

   Flapping his wings, a butterfly flies

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.li/

Noun

buli f

1. inflection of bula:
   1. genitive/dative/locative singular
   2. genitive plural

Verb

buli

1. third-person singular present of bulić

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bu‧lí

Noun

buli

1. The cabbage palm (Corypha utan)