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Proto-Altaic: {*pi̯óla}
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: to swell
Russian meaning: пухнуть
Turkic: {*bAla-pan 'large, thick'}
Mongolian: *bul-
Tungus-Manchu: *pul-
Japanese: *párá-
Comments: An expressive root.{}
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Proto-Turkic: {*bAla-pan}
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: large, thick
Russian meaning: большой, толстый
Turkish: balaban
Tatar: (dial.) balban
Gagauz: balaban
Karaim: balaban
Comments: ЭСТЯ 2, 49-50.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *bul-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: swelling, lump
Russian meaning: опухоль, выпуклость
Written Mongolian: buluw, bulduruw (L 134, 136: bulu, bulduru)
Middle Mongolian: bulu 'hob' (HY 18)
Khalkha: bulū, buldrū
Buriat: bula, bulū; bulxaj- 'be convex'
Kalmuck: bulǝ
Dagur: bol, bolo 'bolster' (Тод. Даг. 127)
Comments: KW 59. An expressive root with numerous derivatives (bul-t-, bul-č-, bül-t- etc.); there also exist variants with -a- (bal-t-, bal-č- etc.). Most of these forms can also be found borrowed in modern Turkic and Tungus languages (see, e.g., Doerfer MT 73). Bur. > Russ. Siber. buldurun 'кочка' (Аникин 140).
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *pul-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 hump 2 swelling, convexity
Russian meaning: 1 горб 2 опухоль, выпуклость
Evenki: hulin 1, hulka 2
Even: hụlъ̣n 1
Orok: pulu 2
Comments: ТМС 2, 345.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *párá-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to swell
Russian meaning: пухнуть, опухать
Old Japanese: para-
Tokyo: hàre-
Kyoto: háré-
Kagoshima: haré-
Comments: JLTT 685.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *pulV
Meaning: swell, bubble
Indo-European: *bul-
Altaic: *pi̯óla
Dravidian: ?SDR *Poḷ- 'to swell; blister' (3816)
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *bōul-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: round obj., bubble
Old Greek: *bülló-: büllá = bebusména Hsch.; bō̂lo-s f. (/m.) `(Erdk)loss, Erdscholle'
Germanic: *pūl-iō(n-) f., *pull=, *puls=
Latin: bulla f. `(Wasser)blase, Buckel, Knospe, Knopf, Golldkaspel mit Amulett'
Russ. meaning: круглый предмет, пузырь
References: WP II 111 f
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *pūliō(n), *pull=, *puls=
Meaning: head, top; round(ish)
IE etymology: IE etymology
Swedish: pölsa, pülsa `worst, gehakt vlees'
Danish: pölse `worst'
English: pulse
East Frisian: pol `rund, voll, strotzend'
Middle Dutch: pōle, puele, peule `huls, schil, bolster, dop'; puyl `Sack', puyle `Geschwulst'
Dutch: peul f. ; puilen `schwellen, hervorstehen'
Middle Low German: poll `Kopf, Spitze, Wipfel', pull, poll `(aufgetriebene) Hülse, Schote', pōle `huls, bolster', pūle `id.'
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