bulus

Hiligaynon

Noun

búlus

1. the beginning of a flood in a flooded river

Noun

bulús

1. bale

Verb

bulús

1. to substitute

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbulus/ [ˈbu.lʊs]
• Rhymes: -ulus
• Syllabification: bu‧lus

Etymology 1

Verb

bulus

1. to pierce; to penetrate

   Synonyms: jebol, rasuk, tembus, yusup

2. to be struck by a blow

Conjugation

Conjugation of bulus (meng-, intransitive)
Root	bulus
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Jussive
Active	membulus	terbulus	dibulus	bulus	buluslah
Locative	membulusi	terbulusi	dibulusi	bulusi	bulusilah
Causative / Applicative1	membuluskan	terbuluskan	dibuluskan	buluskan	buluskanlah
	Causative
Active	memperbulus	terperbulus	diperbulus	perbulus	perbuluslah
Locative	memperbulusi	terperbulusi	diperbulusi	perbulusi	perbulusilah
Causative / Applicative1	memperbuluskan	terperbuluskan	diperbuluskan	perbuluskan	perbuluskanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• membulus
• membuluskan
• terbulus

 

Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦧꦸꦭꦸꦱ꧀ (bulus).

Noun

bulus (first-person possessive bulusku, second-person possessive bulusmu, third-person possessive bulusnya)

1. Asiatic softshell turtle, black-rayed softshell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea)

Etymology 3

From Malay bolos.

Adjective

bulus

1. bald; bare

   Synonyms: botak, gundul

2. childless

Alternative forms

• bolos (nonstandard)

Further reading

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

Javanese

Romanization

bulus

1. Romanization of ꦧꦸꦭꦸꦱ꧀