# bulu
## Brunei Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bu.lu/

### Noun

bulu
* body hair (humans)
* fur (animals)
* feather

#### Synonyms

* (of birds) pelapah

### See also

* rambut (“hair”)

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bulu₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Chichewa
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese burro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɓu.ɽú/

### Noun

bulú class 1a (plural abulú class 2)
* donkey

## Dupaningan Agta
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluq, from Proto-Austronesian *buluq.

### Noun

bulu
* bamboo

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buluq₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Fiji Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from English blue.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʊlʊ/

### Noun

bulu
* blue

### References

* Fiji Hindi Dictionary

## Iban
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbu.lu/
* Hyphenation: bu‧lu
* Rhymes: -ulu

### Noun

bulu
* body hair
* fur
* feather

### See also

* buk (“hair”)

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bulu₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈbulu/ [ˈbu.lu]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ulu
* Syllabification: bu‧lu

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay bulu, from Proto-Malayic *bulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu.

#### Noun

bulu (countable and uncountable, plural bulu-bulu)
* (proscribed in science) body hair
    Synonym: rambut
* (proscribed in science) fur
    Synonym: rambut
* (zoology) feather

##### Derived terms

* berbulu
* membului
* pembuluan
* bulu akar
* bulu ayam
* bulu babi
* bulu balik
* bulu bumbu
* bulu cambuk
* bulu dada
* bulu dahi
* bulu halus
* bulu hidung
* bulu jarum
* bulu jubah
* bulu kalong
* bulu kapas
* bulu kapuk
* bulu kemaluan
* bulu kempa
* bulu kening
* bulu ketiak
* bulu kontur
* bulu kuduk
* bulu lawi
* bulu mata
* bulu mata palsu
* bulu primer
* bulu rambai
* bulu roma
* bulu sekunder
* bulu seribu
* bulu sua
* bulu suak
* bulu tengkuk

#### See also

* rambut (“hair”)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Nias [Term?].

#### Noun

bulu (countable and uncountable, plural bulu-bulu)
* small plate made of turtle shell on gold scales

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bulu₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Further reading

* “bulu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Kambera
### Verb

bulu
* (intransitive) to be empty
* (intransitive) to be clear

#### Derived terms

* pabulu

### References

* Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 179

## Limos Kalinga
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluq, from Proto-Austronesian *buluq.

### Noun

bulu
* bamboo

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buluq₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Lindu
### Noun

bulu
* mountain

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bulu/
* Rhymes: -ulu

### Noun

bulu (Jawi spelling بولو, plural bulu-bulu, informal 1st possessive buluku, 2nd possessive bulumu, 3rd possessive bulunya)
* body hair
* fur
* feather

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: bulu
* North Moluccan Malay: bulu

### See also

* rambut (“hair”)

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bulu₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Further reading

* “bulu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Puyuma
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *buluq.

### Noun

bulu
* kind of slender bamboo, Thyrsostachys siamensis
    asuwa driya, milibeng mi dra bulu.In the early days, the walls of our house were made of slender bamboos.

### References

* Josiane Cauquelin (2015) Nanwang Puyuma-English Dictionary (Language and Linguistics Monograph Series 56), Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, →ISBN, page 110
* Stacy Fang-Ching Teng (鄧芳青) (2008) A Reference Grammar Of Puyuma, An Austronesian Language Of Taiwan, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 16

## Rukai
### Noun

bulu
* semen

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From English bull.

### Noun

bulu
* bull

## Tumbuka
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese burro.

### Noun

bulu class 1a (plural ŵabulu class 2)
* donkey