bolle
Afrikaans
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *bālnai, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥-no-. Compare Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós, “penis”), Latin follis (“bellows”), Old Irish ball (“limb, member, part, body part”),[1], Old High German ballo, balla (“buttocks”). Occurs exclusively in the plural form.
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “bolle”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 30
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔlə/, [ˈb̥ʌlə]
Inflection
Etymology 2
From the obsolete bolle ("bull"), or a variant of bole (“to whore”).
Dutch
Italian
Derived terms
Neapolitan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bollɐ/
Norman
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Synonyms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse bolli (“goblet, cup”), from Proto-Germanic *bullô (“ball, bowl”), from *ballô (“ball”).
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Derived terms
- bakebolle
- berlinerbolle
- kjøtbolle, kjøttbolle
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bullǭ (“ball, round object, shell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰln-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell, bubble”). Cognate with Old Frisian bolla (“goblet”), Old Saxon bollo (“goblet”), Old High German bolla (“round vessel, bowl”), Old Norse bolli (“goblet, cup”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbol.le/, [ˈboɫ.ɫe]
Declension
Synonyms
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian *bula, from Proto-Germanic *bulô.
Further reading
- “bolle (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011