bouba
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Galician
Etymology 1
Attested since circa 1846. Perhaps from Latin balbus.[1] Compare Spanish bobo.
Pronunciation
Noun
bouba f (plural boubas)
- lie, fib
- hoax
- 1886, in O Galiciano, 91, p. 3:
- O que a ti che compría ,repriquei, era unha boa vragasta polo lombo; sempre foches un perdido, e pra botar un día máis de pándega aporveitaste desa bouba da fin do mundo ...
- "What you need", I reply, "is a good rod down your back; yo have always been a dissolute guy, and for having one more day of fun you are taking advantage of this hoax about the end of the world …"
- 1886, in O Galiciano, 91, p. 3:
Etymology 2
Attested since circa 1750. From Medieval Latin būbō, from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
bouba f (plural boubas)
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bouba”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bouba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bouba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bouba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “bobo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
bouba f (plural boubas)
- yaws
- Synonyms: (Brazil) piã, framboesia
Related terms
References
- “bouba”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “bouba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- “bouba”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “bouba”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024