bula

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Spanish burbuja (“bubble”).

Noun

bula

  1. a bubble
  2. substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains; froth; foam
  3. the foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water; lather

Verb

bula

  1. to bubble
  2. to lather; to cover with suds; to lather up
  3. to form or emit foam
  4. to spew saliva as foam, to foam at the mouth
  5. to create froth in (a liquid)

Adjective

bula

  1. bubbly

Etymology 2

The spongy texture being likened to foam.

Noun

bula

  1. the cotyledon of a coconut; a coconut apple; a coconut embryo

Chamorro

Adjective

bula

  1. plenty; a lot

Chavacano

Etymology

From Tagalog bula (“bubble”).

Noun

bulâ

  1. bubble

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada (“to exist”).

Interjection

bula!

  1. hello!

Verb

bula

  1. to live
  2. to exist

Noun

bula

  1. life
  2. existence

Ladino

Noun

bula f (Latin spelling)

  1. lady, madam

Synonyms

Nyunga

Adjective

bula

  1. abundant, plentiful
  2. many

References

  • 1853, Rosendo Salvado, The Salvado Memoirs (1977 edition edited by E. J. Storman)
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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish volar and Portuguese voar and Kabuverdianu bua.

Verb

bula

  1. to fly

Portuguese

bula

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bulla (“seal, sealed document; bull”), from Latin bulla (“bubble, rounded object”). Doublet of bola and bolha.

Pronunciation

Noun

bula f (plural bulas)

  1. bull (document)

Romansch

Alternative forms

Noun

bula f (plural bulas)

  1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) butterfly, moth

Synonyms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (bula, bola).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bûla/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧la

Noun

bȕla f (Cyrillic spelling бу̏ла)

  1. (colloquil) a Muslim women in harem pants or covered with a headscarf
  2. (colloquil) a married woman
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin bulla (“bubble”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǔla/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧la

Noun

bùla f (Cyrillic spelling бу̀ла)

  1. (medicine) bull (blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion)
  2. (anatomy) an empty space
Declension

Etymology 3

From bȕla (the first etymology).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǔːla/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧la

Noun

búla f (Cyrillic spelling бу́ла)

  1. (Islam) Islamic religion teacher
  2. (Islam) Islamic clerk or official
Declension

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bulla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bûla/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧la

Noun

bȕla f (Cyrillic spelling бу̏ла)

  1. bull (seal affixed to a document)
  2. (by metonymy) charter with such bull
  3. a box in which a seal is stored
Declension

References

  • “bula” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bulla (“seal, sealed document; bull”), from Latin bulla (“bubble, rounded object”). Doublet of bola and bolla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbula/

Noun

bula f (plural bulas)

  1. bull (document)
  2. strength

Derived terms

Further reading

Tagalog

Noun

bulâ

  1. foam; bubble; suds
  2. foaming saliva caused by disease or great excitement

Noun

bulà

  1. lie; falsehood; fib

Synonyms

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