bult

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

• bultachtig
• bulte
• bulten
• bultenaar
• bultig
• bultijzer
• bultklopper (“planisher”)
• bultrug
• bultrugde
• bultvis
• bultzak
• bultzalm
• gebult
• zegbult

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bult

Anagrams

• blut

Karakalpak

Etymology

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

Noun

bult

1. cloud

Swedish

a fastening bolt with nut

bult

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

Declension of bult

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bult	bults
	definite	bulten	bultens
plural	indefinite	bultar	bultars
	definite	bultarna	bultarnas

Derived terms

• bultsax (“bolt cutter”)
• spindelbult (“kingpin”)

Related terms

• bulta

Descendants

• → Finnish: pultti

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbølt/

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

• bulte

Further reading

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