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bule

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[boo-ley] / ˌbʊˈleɪ /

noun

bules plural
  1. (in Indonesia) a person who is not Indonesian, especially a white person.


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Etymology

Origin of bule

First recorded in 2000–05; from Indonesian

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“She taught me how to be a woman: ‘Yeah, Julia, if you’re with a bule, be like this, be like that,’ ” she recalled.

From New York Times Jul. 31, 2010

Ex. kodigi-tsi from kodige, plate; bulitsi from bule, garden.

From The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea by Williamson, Robert Wood

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