# bul
## Translingual
### Symbol

bul
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Bulgarian.

## Abu'
### Noun

bul
* pig

### References

* Otto I. M. S. Nekitel, The functions of -i in Abu' Arapesh, in The Boy from Bundaberg: Studies in Melanesian Linguistics in Honour of Tom Dutton (2001), pages 241-246

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch bul, from Middle Dutch bulle, from Old Dutch *bullo, from Proto-Germanic *bulô. Cognate with English bull.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bul (plural bulle, diminutive bulletjie)
* bull
* (colloquial) a supporter of the Blue Bulls, a South African rugby team

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbul]

### Noun

bul
* genitive plural of bula

### Verb

bul
* second-person singular imperative of bulit

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʏl/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bul
* Rhymes: -ʏl

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bulle, from Old Dutch *bullo, from Proto-Germanic *bulô. Cognate with English bull.

#### Noun

bul m (plural bullen, diminutive bulletje n, feminine koe)
* bull (male bovine, or one of certain other male mammals)
* surly person

##### Synonyms

* (bull): stier

##### Related terms

* bullebak
* bulleboer
* bullenpees

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch bulle, from Latin bulla (“bull, decree”).

#### Noun

bul f (plural bullen, diminutive bulletje n)
* great seal affixed to certain documents, notably charters from reigning princes and certain dignitaries
* such charter
* specifically, a papal bull

##### Alternative forms

* bulle

##### Descendants

* → Papiamentu: bùl

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

bul f (plural bullen, diminutive bulletje n)
* trinket, object of little value

### References

* M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

## Hamer-Banna
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /búl/, [búl̥]

### Noun

bul
* structure supporting a beehive on a tree

### References

* Petrollino, Sara (2016) A Grammar of Hamar: A South Omotic language of Ethiopia‎, Leiden University

## Karakalpak
### Pronoun

bul
* this (demonstrative pronoun used to indicate a thing in the immediate vicinity of the speaker)
    Házirgi waqıtta bul bette hesh qanday maǵlıwmat joq.Currently, this page has no information.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

bul m (definite singular bulen, indefinite plural bular, definite plural bulane)
* (pre-2012) alternative form of bol

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbul/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ul
* Syllabification: bul
* Homophones: ból, Ból

### Noun

bul f
* genitive plural of bula

### Verb

bul
* second-person singular imperative of bulić

### Further reading

* bul in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romani
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit बुलि (buli, “vagina, anus”).

### Noun

bul f (plural bulǎ)
* buttocks, arse, ass

#### Descendants

* → Hungarian: bula
* → Romanian: bul, bulan, bulău, bulangiu

## Scots
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʌl/

### Noun

bul (plural buls)
* (Southern Scots) a bull