bulwa
Polish
noun
Definitions
- (botany) tuber (enlarged structure for storing nutrients)
- (colloquial) swelling
- (Białystok) potato
- Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)
Etymology
Derived from German Bolle (bulb) derived from Italian cipolla (onion) derived from Latin bulla (bubble, rounded object, document, amulet, round object, round swelling, water bubble, stud, buble, button, bud, decree, bull, knob).
Origin
Latin
bulla
Gloss
bubble, rounded object, document, amulet, round object, round swelling, water bubble, stud, buble, button, bud, decree, bull, knob
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
芽
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bulla English
- cipolline onion English
- bulla Finnish
- *bulbulliare Latin
- bubble, bulla Latin
- bulla Latin
- bullo Latin
- bullō Latin
- cepulla Latin
- Bolle German
- bolla Italian
- bollo Italian
- bulletino Italian
- bullettino Italian
- cipolla Italian
- cipollaccio Italian
- cipollaio Italian
- cipolloso Italian
- cipollotto Italian
- bollo Spanish, Castilian
- bula Spanish, Castilian
- *bew- Proto-Indo-European
- bolha Portuguese
- bula Portuguese
- bulla Polish
- cebula Polish
- bylet Middle English
- billette Old French
- bole Old French
- bulle Old French
- bola Catalan, Valencian
- butlla Catalan, Valencian
- bola Galician
- bolle Middle High German
- цибу́ля Ukrainian
- bola Occitan
- ċuplajs Maltese
- *bollā Frankish
- bola Old Occitan
- bóła Venetian
- čipula Molise Croatian