bult

== English == === Etymology === From Afrikaans bult, that from Dutch bult. === Noun === bult (plural bults) (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/ Hyphenation: bult Rhymes: -ʏlt === Noun === bult m (plural bulten, diminutive bultje n) bump (on an otherwise flat or even surface) hump ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: bult === Anagrams === blut == Karakalpak == === Etymology === From Proto-Turkic *bulït, compare Turkish bulut, Yakut былыт (bïlït). === Noun === bult cloud == Swedish == === Etymology === From Low German bolt, from Middle Low German bolte, from Old Saxon bolt, from Proto-West Germanic *bolt. === Noun === bult c bolt (metal fastener) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== bultsax (“bolt cutter”) ==== 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) pile, heap (by extension) large amount bump (on the skin) bump, hump (raised area) ==== Alternative forms ==== bulte ==== Further reading ==== “bult”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011