בולבע

Yiddish

Etymology

From a Slavic language, probably Ukrainian бу́льба (búlʹba) or Belarusian бу́льба (búlʹba).

Noun

בולבע • (bulbe) f, plural בולבעס‎ (bulbes)

potato (plant tuber eaten as starchy vegetable)
Synonym: קאַרטאָפֿל‎ (kartofl)

Derived terms

קאַשע־בולבע‎ (kashe-bulbe)

Further reading

Map of dialectal variants for "potato(es)" from Litvish: An Atlas of Northeastern Yiddish by Dovid Katz

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