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Czech
Pronunciation
Interjection
bú
- moo (sound of a cow)
Further reading
- “bú”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “bú”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From a Turkic language, compare Turkish bun (“boredom, worry”).
Noun
bú (usually uncountable, plural búk)
- (literary) sorrow, grief
Declension
Derived terms
- bús (with several more derivations)
Etymology 2
An onomatopoeia.
Interjection
bú
- moo (the characteristic sound made by a cow)
- Synonym: mú
1954, Lőrinc Szabó, Falusi hangverseny (Village concert), archived from the original on 19 October 2018:Bú, bú, bú, / boci szomorú, / de hogy feszít / tyúkjai közt a kukurikú.- Moo, moo, moo / the little calf is blue, / but how proud is / among his hens the cock-a-doodle-doo.
Further reading
- (sorrow, grief): bú in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (moo): bú in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (archaic, folksy: synonym of bújik (“to hide ”)): bú in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- bú in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse bú (“farming, a farm, farm stock”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bú n (genitive singular bús, nominative plural bú)
- housekeeping
- farm
- estate
Declension
Synonyms
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish buga.
Noun
bú m (genitive singular bú, nominative plural búnna)
- hyacinth
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.
Interjection
bú!
- boo!
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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bú
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bhú
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mbú
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 buga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Mandarin
Romanization
bú (bu2, Zhuyin ㄅㄨˊ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 繼/继
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轎/轿
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 醪
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 樸/朴
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
bú
- vocative/accusative plural of bó
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
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Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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bú
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bú pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
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mbú
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *būą.
Noun
bú n
- (Old West Norse) dwelling, household, farm, estate, housekeeping, home
Slovak
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
Interjection
bú
- moo (sound of a cow)
Further reading
- “bú”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Tày
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
bú
- goby
- Synonym: pja bú
Etymology 2
Noun
bú
- fish trap
References
- Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *buːʔ ~ *puːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔbuuʔ (“to suck at the breast”). Cognate with Khmer បៅ (baw), Pnar bu, Khmu buʔ, Shwe Palaung ဘူ, Gata' buˀ. Related to vú (“breast”), which derived from a prefixed form.
Pronunciation
Verb
bú • (𪜛)
- to suck (at a breast) to consume milk
Derived terms