bulta

Borrowed from Middle Low German bolte (“bolt”), or from Middle Dutch bult (“bolt”) (compare German Bolzen, English bolt), first mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries.[1]

• IPA^(key): [būlta]

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bulta f (4th declension)

1. arrow (long, thin projectile to be shot with a bow or crossbow)

   bultas uzgalis ― arrowhead

   bultu maks ― quivver (lit. arrow container)

   izšaut bultu ― to shoot an arrow

   kā bulta ― like an arrow (i.e., very fast)

2. arrow (symbol used to show a direction)

   bulta norāda uz pagrieziena virzienu ― the arrow indicates the direction of the turn

3. arrow, hand (pointer in a machine, clock, etc.)

   spidometra bulta ― speedometer arrow

   voltmetra bulta ― voltmeter arrow

4. bolt (component part of a lock which moves so as to lock or unlock it)

   atraut bultu ― to unlock the bolt

   aizšaut durvīm priekšā bultu ― to shoot the front door bolt

5. bolt (little metal rod with a head on one end and a threaded surface (like a screw) on the other end, used for fastening metal, wood, etc.)

   ratu bulta ― wheel bolt

   bultas galva ― bolt head

   būvkoku savienošana ar bultām ― fastening construction wood with bolts

• (of "arrow"): strēle
• (of "pointer", "hand"): rādītājs

• loks
• stops
• šautra f

From Old Swedish bulta.

bulta (present bultar, preterite bultade, supine bultat, imperative bulta)

1. to fasten with bolts, to screw something in place, usually used in connection with fast

   att bulta fast ett vapenskåp ― to bolt a weapon cabinet in place

2. (of an organ) to throb, to beat

   när huvudet bultar och magen värker ― when the head throbs and the belly aches

   mitt hjärta bultar för Tre Kronor ― my heart throbs for Tre Kronor

3. to pound or beat rapidly or violently

   han bultade mig gul och blå ― he beat me to a pulp

   hon bultade argt på dörren ― she pounded angrily on the door

• bulta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bulta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• bolta — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Early borrowing from Spanish vuelta, from Latin volūta. Doublet of buwelta.

• IPA^(key): /bulˈta/, [bʊlˈta]
• Hyphenation: bul‧ta

bultá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜆ) (obsolete)

1. whirl; turn (in a dance)

• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 123: “Buelta) Bolta [(pc)] C. de dança o bayle ya vſan bolta por buelta”