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Galician
Etymology
Unknown. Either from Proto-Germanic *bausuz (“bad, arrogant; worthless”) or from an expressive origin,[1] and the suffix, of Germanic origin, -án.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bowˈsaŋ/, /bɔwˈsaŋ/
Adjective
bousán (feminine bousana, masculine plural bousáns, feminine plural bousanas)
- worthless, useless; dimwitted
Noun
bousán m (plural bousáns, feminine bousana, feminine plural bousanas)
- dimwit; a worthless person or animal
Este can é un bousán: non me sabe levar as vacas.- This dog is a dimwitt: he don't even know how to guide the cows.
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bousan”, 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), “bausán”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega