bult

From Afrikaans bult, that from Dutch bult.

bult (plural bults)

1. (South Africa) A ridge or small hill.

• bilt, belt, bolt (obsolete or dialectal, surviving in placenames and compounds)

From Middle Dutch bulte, from Proto-West Germanic *bulti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). Cognate with northern German Bult, Bülte.

• IPA^(key): /bʏlt/

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• Hyphenation: bult
• Rhymes: -ʏlt

bult m (plural bulten, diminutive bultje n)

1. bump (on an otherwise flat or even surface)
2. hump

• Afrikaans: bult

• blut

From Proto-Turkic *bulït, compare Turkish bulut, Yakut былыт (bılıt).

bult

1. cloud

From Low German bolt, from Middle Low German bolte, from Old Saxon bolt, from Proto-West Germanic *bolt.

bult c

1. bolt (metal fastener)

• bultsax (“bolt cutter”)

• bulta

• → Finnish: pultti

From Proto-West Germanic *bulti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). Cognate with northern German Bult, Bülte.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbølt/

bult c (plural bulten, diminutive bultsje)

1. pile, heap
2. (by extension) large amount
3. bump (on the skin)
4. bump, hump (raised area)

• bulte

• “bult”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011