bulur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bolr, bulr.

Noun

bulur m (genitive singular buls, plural bular)

1. bole
2. body
3. slip-on

Declension

m6	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bulur	bulurin	bular	bularnir
accusative	bul	bulin	bular	bularnar
dative	buli	bulinum	bulum	bulunum
genitive	buls	bulsins	bula	bulanna

Related terms

• træbulur
• troyggjubulur
• bulatroyggja
• bulmikil
• bulstórur

See also

• kroppur

Malay

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulur/ [ˈbu.lur]
• Rhymes: -lur, -ur
• Hyphenation: bu‧lur

Adjective

bulur (Jawi spelling بولور, comparative lebih bulur, superlative paling bulur)

1. starving; famished; extremely hungry.

   Synonyms: lapar, kebuluran

   Antonym: kenyang

   Kucing kurus itu mati bulur.

   The skinny cat died starving.

   Mereka lapar bulur di dalam hutan.

   They were famished in the jungle.

Derived terms

Affixations

• kebuluran (“starvation; famine”)
• membulurkan (“to starve someone or something”)

Compounds

• lapar bulur (“extremely hungry; ravenous”)
• mati bulur (“to starve to death”)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: bulur (inherited)

Further reading

• "bulur" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "bulur" at PRPM first version)

Ponosakan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulud, from Proto-Austronesian *buled. Compare Central Bikol bulod, Cebuano bulud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈlur/

Noun

bulur

1. mount; mountain