bulo
See also: -bulo and buło
Esperanto
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): [ˈbulo]
- Rhymes: -ulo
- Hyphenation: bu‧lo
Noun
bulo (accusative singular bulon, plural buloj, accusative plural bulojn)
- ball (of dough, dirt, snow, etc.)
- clod
Derived terms
- bulmarko (“bullet”)
Related terms
- pilko
- globo
- sfero
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto bulo, French boule, Spanish bola.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbu.lo/
Noun
bulo (plural buli)
- ball
- bubble
Derived terms
- nivobulo (“snowball”)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbu.lo/
- Rhymes: -ulo
- Hyphenation: bù‧lo
Noun
bulo m (plural buli)
- Alternative form of bullo
Anagrams
- Ulbo
Lindu
Noun
bulo
- funnel
Makasar
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluq.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbulɔ]
Noun
bulo (Lontara spelling ᨅᨘᨒᨚ)
- bamboo
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbu.lɔ/
- Rhymes: -ulɔ
- Syllabification: bu‧lo
Noun
bulo f
- vocative singular of bula
Spanish
Etymology
Perhaps from Caló bul (“crap, nonsense”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbulo/ [ˈbu.lo]
- Rhymes: -ulo
- Syllabification: bu‧lo
Noun
bulo m (plural bulos)
- (Spain) canard, hoax (false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so)
- Synonyms: filfa, hoax
- 2015, Eva Aladro Vico, Graciela Padilla Castillo, Aplicaciones actuales de la comunicación e interacción digitales, ACCI (Asoc. Cultural y Científica Iberoameric.) (→ISBN), page 426:
- Debemos, sin embargo, establecer una distinción entre todos los anteriores y el engaño o bulo, cuya voz inglesa, “hoax” se utiliza en España, de forma concreta, para definir aquellos fraudes informativos que se transmiten por Internet.
References
- “bulo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Further reading
- “bulo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Compare Remontado Agta bul-u.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧lo
- IPA(key): /buˈloʔ/, [bʊˈloʔ]
- Rhymes: -oʔ
Noun
bulô (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜓ)
- calf of cattle (such as cows, carabaos, etc.)
- Synonyms: bisiro, guya
Etymology 2
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu (“body hair; fur; feather”). Compare Javanese wulu and Malay bulu.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧lo
- IPA(key): /ˈbulo/, [ˈbu.lo]
- Rhymes: -ulo
Noun
bulo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜓ)
- silky floss or hair covering (on leaves, fruits, stem of plants, etc.)
- fine hairy growth (on wings of butterflies, bodies of some worms, etc.)
See also
- bulbol
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧lo
- IPA(key): /buˈlo/, [bʊˈlo]
- Rhymes: -o
Noun
buló (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜓ)
- (obsolete) value; worth; importance
- Synonyms: saysay, halaga, kahulugan, kahalagahan, kabuluhan, kuwenta, importansiya, (dated) kasaysayan
Derived terms
- kabuluhan
- makabuluhan
- walang-kabuluhan
West Makian
Etymology
Cognate with Ternate budo (“white”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbu.l̪o/
Verb
bulo
- (stative) to be white
Conjugation
Conjugation of bulo (stative verb) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | |||
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | tibulo | mibulo | abulo | |
2nd person | nibulo | fibulo | ||
3rd person | inanimate | ibulo | dibulo | |
animate | mabulo | |||
imperative | —, bulo | —, bulo |
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics
Wolof
Etymology
From French bleu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbulɔ/
Verb
bulo
- to be blue