bular

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *buraR.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bular/ [bu.lar]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ular, -ar
  • Hyphenation: bu‧lar

Noun

bular inan

  1. chest, breast
  2. (figurative) courage

Declension

Declension of bular (inanimate, ending in -r)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive bular bularra bularrak
ergative bularrek bularrak bularrek
dative bularri bularrari bularrei
genitive bularren bularraren bularren
comitative bularrekin bularrarekin bularrekin
causative bularrengatik bularrarengatik bularrengatik
benefactive bularrentzat bularrarentzat bularrentzat
instrumental bularrez bularraz bularrez
inessive bularretan bularrean bularretan
locative bularretako bularreko bularretako
allative bularretara bularrera bularretara
terminative bularretaraino bularreraino bularretaraino
directive bularretarantz bularrerantz bularretarantz
destinative bularretarako bularrerako bularretarako
ablative bularretatik bularretik bularretatik
partitive bularrik
prolative bulartzat

Derived terms

  • bular joka (thumping the chest)
  • bular-ahizpa (milk sister)
  • bular-anaia (milk brother)
  • bular-arreba (milk sister)
  • bular-arte (cleavage)
  • bular-babes (breastplate)
  • bular-bizkar (milk brother)
  • bular-emaile (breastfeeder)
  • bular-estu (cold)
  • bular-gain (bib)
  • bular-gaineko (bib)
  • bular-harro (busty)
  • bular-hauspo (lung)
  • bular-hegats (pectoral fin)
  • bular-igeriketa (breaststroke)
  • bular-kaiola (rib cage)
  • bular-mutur (nipple)
  • bular-muturretako (nipple shield)
  • bular-neba (milk brother)
  • bular-oskol (breastplate)
  • bular-punta (nipple)
  • bularka (with a great effort)
  • bularka jarri (to make a great effort)
  • bularki (breast meat)
  • bularpe (interior of the chest)
  • bularra eman (to breastfeed)
  • bularra hartu (to suckle)
  • bularra kendu (to stop breastfeed)
  • bularralde (chest)
  • bularraldi (breastfeeding)
  • bularreko (breastfeeding infant, breastplate)
  • bularreko angina (angina pectoris)
  • bularreko gihar (pectoral muscle)
  • bularreko haur (breastfeeding infant)
  • bularreko ume (breastfeeding infant)
  • bularretako (bra)
  • bularretik egon (to be phthisic)
  • bularretiko (phthisis)
  • bularreztatu (to breastfeed)
  • bularrezur (sternum)
  • bulartsu (brave)
  • bulartsutasun (courage)
  • bulartu (to bulge, to bloat)

References

  1. ^ R. L. Trask (2008) “bular”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 148

Further reading

  • bular”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • bular”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bular, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulaʀ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bu.la(r)]
  • Rhymes: -lar, -ar
  • Hyphenation: bu‧lar

Adjective

bular (Jawi spelling بولر)

  1. (dialectal, Sambas) Unable to see; blind.

Noun

bular (Jawi spelling بولر, plural bular-bular)

  1. White membrane or clouding in eyes of someone with cataracts.

Compounds

  • buta bular (blind due to cataracts)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: bular

See also

References

Tarao

Etymology

bu (rice) +‎ lar (dry)

Noun

bular

  1. famine

References

  • Chungkham Yashwanta Singh (2002) Tarao Grammar (in Tarao)