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bulga

bulga · f

a leathern knapsack

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What it meant

1. bulga — Lewis & Short

bulga, ae, f.Gallic; now bougette,

I a leathern knapsack, bag: bulgas Galli sacculos scorteos appellant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 35 Müll.: bulga est folliculus omnis, quam et crumenam veteres appellarunt: et est sacculus ad bracchium pendens, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 78 (Sat. 2, 16, and 6, 1); Varr. ap. Non. 78, 2 (Sat. Men. 61, 3).—

II Humorously, the womb, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 78, 14 (Sat. 26, 36).

2. bulga — Walde–Hofmann

bulga, -ae f. ,lederner Sack*, im sermo castr. auch ,uterus* (vgl. àoxóc Archil.. Marx zu Lucil 623; rom. auch ,Bauch*; seit Lucil.): gall. Wort nach Paul. Fest. 35, vgl. ir. bolgaim ,schwelle*, bolg ,Ledersack" (nir. auch „Bauch, Hülse“ usw., Pokorny ZePh. 11, 200), kymr. bol, bola, boty ,Bauch*, bret. bote h ,Leinhülse*, got. balgs m. „Schlauch“, ahd. mhd. baig ds., ags. bei(i)g, byKi)g „Balg*, engl. belly … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. bulga, p. 154]

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