bulwa
Polish
Etymology
Either from German Bolle or Latin bulbus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbul.va/
- (Greater Poland):
- (Kociewie) IPA(key): /ˈbul.va/
- (Northern Greater Poland) IPA(key): /ˈbul.va/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ulva
- Syllabification: bul‧wa
Noun
bulwa f (diminutive bulwka)
- (botany) tuber (enlarged structure for storing nutrients)
- (colloquial) swelling
- (Northern Greater Poland, Malbork) potato
- Synonym: ziemniak
- Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)
- Synonyms: słonecznik bulwiasty, topinambur
- Jerusalem artichoke (tuber of Helianthus tuberosus)
- Synonym: topinambur
Declension
Declension of bulwa
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bulwa | bulwy |
| genitive | bulwy | bulw |
| dative | bulwie | bulwom |
| accusative | bulwę | bulwy |
| instrumental | bulwą | bulwami |
| locative | bulwie | bulwach |
| vocative | bulwo | bulwy |
Derived terms
noun
Further reading
- bulwa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- bulwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Oskar Kolberg (1877) “bulwy”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 33
- Kazimierz Nitsch (1907) “bulwa”, in “Dyalekty polskie Prus zachodnich”, in Materyały i Prace Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie (in Polish), volume 3, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 386