bulu

From Proto-Malayic *bulu, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bulu, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu (compare Malay bulu).

• IPA^(key): /bu.lu/

bulu

1. body hair (humans)
2. fur (animals)
3. feather

• (birds) pelapah

• rambut

Borrowed from Portuguese burro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓu.ɽú/

bulú class 1a (plural abulú class 2)

1. donkey

bulu

1. bamboo

Borrowed from English blue.

• IPA^(key): /bʊlʊ/

bulu

1. blue

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.lu/
• Hyphenation: bu‧lu
• Rhymes: -lu, -u

bulu

1. (anatomy) hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)

   Synonym: buk

2. (anatomy) fur
3. (anatomy) feather

From Malay bulu, from Proto-Malayic *bulu, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bulu, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.lu/
• Hyphenation: bu‧lu
• Rhymes: -lu, -u

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bulu (plural bulu-bulu, first-person possessive buluku, second-person possessive bulumu, third-person possessive bulunya)

1. (anatomy) hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)

   Synonym: rambut

2. (anatomy) fur
3. (anatomy) feather

• “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.

bulu

1. (intransitive) to be empty
2. (intransitive) to be clear

• pabulu

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

bulu

1. bamboo

bulu

1. mountain

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

• IPA^(key): /bulu/
• Rhymes: -ulu, -lu, -u

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

1. (anatomy) hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)
2. (anatomy) fur
3. (anatomy) feather

• rambut

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

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *buluq.

bulu

1. 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.

• 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

bulu

1. semen

From English bull.

bulu

1. bull

Borrowed from Portuguese burro.

bulu class 1a (plural ŵabulu class 2)

1. donkey