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bult

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See also: Bult

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans bult, that from Dutch bult.

Noun

bult (plural bults)

  1. (South Africa) A ridge or small hill.

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • bilt, belt, bolt (obsolete or dialectal, surviving in placenames and compounds)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bulte, from Proto-West Germanic *bulti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). Cognate with northern German Bult, Bülte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʏlt/
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  • Hyphenation: bult
  • Rhymes: -ʏlt

Noun

bult m (plural bulten, diminutive bultje n)

  1. bump (on an otherwise flat or even surface)
  2. hump

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: bult

Anagrams

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Karakalpak

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bulït, compare Turkish bulut, Yakut былыт (bïlït).

Noun

bult

  1. cloud

Swedish

Etymology

From Low German bolt, from Middle Low German bolte, from Old Saxon bolt, from Proto-West Germanic *bolt.

Noun

bult c

  1. bolt (metal fastener)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

Derived terms

Descendants

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bulti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). Cognate with northern German Bult, Bülte.

Pronunciation

Noun

bult c (plural bulten, diminutive bultsje)

  1. pile, heap
  2. (by extension) large amount
  3. bump (on the skin)
  4. bump, hump (raised area)

Alternative forms

Further reading

  • “bult”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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