bulu

See also: búlu and bùlù

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bulu, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bulu, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu (compare Malay bulu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.lu/

Noun

bulu

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

Synonyms

• (birds) pelapah

See also

• rambut

Chichewa

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese burro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓu.ɽú/

Noun

bulú class 1a (plural abulú class 2)

1. donkey

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

bulu

1. bamboo

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from English blue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʊlʊ/

Noun

bulu

1. blue

References

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary

Iban

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.lu/
• Hyphenation: bu‧lu
• Rhymes: -lu, -u

Noun

bulu

1. (anatomy) hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)

   Synonym: buk

2. (anatomy) fur
3. (anatomy) feather

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bulu, from Proto-Malayic *bulu, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bulu, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.lu/
• Hyphenation: bu‧lu
• Rhymes: -lu, -u

Noun

bulu (plural bulu-bulu, first-person possessive buluku, second-person possessive bulumu, third-person possessive bulunya)

1. (anatomy) hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)

   Synonym: rambut

2. (anatomy) fur
3. (anatomy) feather

Derived terms

• berbulu
• membului
• pembuluan

 

• bulu akar
• bulu ayam
• bulu babi
• bulu balik
• bulu bumbu
• bulu cambuk
• bulu dada
• bulu dahi
• bulu halus
• bulu hidung
• bulu kalong
• bulu kapas
• bulu kemaluan
• bulu kempa
• bulu kening
• bulu ketiak
• bulu kontur
• bulu kuduk
• bulu lawi
• bulu mata
• bulu mata palsu
• bulu primer
• bulu rambai
• bulu roma
• bulu sekunder
• bulu seribu
• bulu sua
• bulu suak
• bulu tengkuk

 

Further reading

• “bulu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Kambera

Verb

bulu

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

Derived terms

• pabulu

References

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

Limos Kalinga

Noun

bulu

1. bamboo

Lindu

Noun

bulu

1. mountain

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulu/
• Rhymes: -ulu, -lu, -u

Noun

bulu (Jawi spelling بولو, plural bulu-bulu, informal 1st possessive buluku, 2nd possessive bulumu, 3rd possessive bulunya)

1. (anatomy) hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)
2. (anatomy) fur
3. (anatomy) feather

See also

• rambut

Further reading

• “bulu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Puyuma

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *buluq.

Noun

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.

References

• 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

Noun

bulu

1. semen

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English bull.

Noun

bulu

1. bull

Tumbuka

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese burro.

Noun

bulu class 1a (plural ŵabulu class 2)

1. donkey