bulsa

From Spanish bolsa, from Late Latin bursa, from the Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”).

• Hyphenation: bul‧sa

bulsa

1. a pocket; a small bag inside a garment for carrying small items
2. (obsolete) a sack; a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee
3. (historical) a bolsa

bulsa

1. to put something into a pocket
2. to take and keep (especially money) that which is not one's own

Borrowed from Spanish bolsa, from Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa). Words with a closed penultimate syllable tend to have ultimate stress on earlier stages of the language.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /bulˈsa/ [bʊlˈsa]
    • Rhymes: -a
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbulsa/ [ˈbul.sɐ] (dated)
    • Rhymes: -ulsa
• Syllabification: bul‧sa

bulsá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜐ)

1. pocket
2. bag; sack
3. air pocket
4. air bubble (as in cheese)

• subla, busal, bulas, blusa