Bula
BULÀ
Etymology
Sometimes perhaps a nickname from bùlas, -à „beragis, buolas“ (LKŽ I 1147). For semantics see Buxà. But cf. Latin Buļļa (LAG 437), Bulle ¹, German. < column Bulla ², Bulle (ibid.), Polish. Bul ³, Buła ⁴, Buła: Polish. was „netašytas, grubus žmogus“ etc. ⁵, Czech. Bul, Bula ⁶, bRuss. Була ⁷.
Feminine FORMS
Bulienė / Bulaitė
Pronunciation
/bʊˈlɐ/
SEE ALSO
SOURCES
1. ibid., 50, 108, 116, etc..
2. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 214.
3. SSNO I 281; S. Rospond, 1967, p. 103.
4. S. Rospond, 1967, p. 104.
5. J. Bubak, 1970, p. 62.
6. J. Gebauer, 1970, p. 116.
7. M. Biryla, 1969, с. 66.