bule
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bule
First recorded in 2000–05; from Indonesian
Example Sentences
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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
Swa wule anes bule hude; Ælches weies ouer spræden. feor from ælche castle; amidden ane ualde. þenne ne mai þe atwite; þe hæne ne þe riche. f.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph
He com æn enne ende; In enne fæire uelde. he hafde ane hude; bi ȝite to his neode. o ane wilde bule; þe wes wunder ane strong.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph
Swa wule anes bule hude; Ælches weies ouer spræden. feor from ælche castle; amidden ane ualde. þenne ne mai þe atwite; þe hæne ne þe riche.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph
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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