בולבע
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Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a Slavic language, probably Ukrainian бу́льба (búlʹba) or Belarusian бу́льба (búlʹba).
Noun
[edit]בולבע • (bulbe) f, plural בולבעס (bulbes)
- potato (plant tuber eaten as starchy vegetable)
- Synonym: קאַרטאָפֿל (kartofl)
Derived terms
[edit]- קאַשע־בולבע (kashe-bulbe)
Further reading
[edit]- Map of dialectal variants for "potato(es)" from Litvish: An Atlas of Northeastern Yiddish by Dovid Katz