búi

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See also: bui, Bui, BUI, buí, bùi, Bùi, Búi, bụi, and buì

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *būô.

Noun

búi m (genitive búa)

  1. dweller, inhabitant
  2. neighbour
  3. (law) a neighbour acting as a juror

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

  • búa (to live, dwell, inhabit, reside)

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: -bu
    • Norwegian Bokmål: -bu
  • Old Swedish: -boe
    • Swedish: bo
  • Old Danish: -bōi
    • Danish: -bo
      • Norwegian Bokmål: -bo

References

  • búi in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *puːlʔ.

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cái) búi (𧸻)

  1. tuft

Verb

búi (𧸻)

  1. to make a tuft