bua

Translingual

Symbol

bua

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Buryat.

Bakumpai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq.

Noun

bua

1. fruit

Baoule

Pronunciation

• (file)

Noun

bua

1. sheep

References

• Jérémie Kouadio N'Guessan, Kouakou Kouame. Parlons baoulé: langue et culture de la Côte d’Ivoire. L’Harmattan, 2004. →ISBN

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

• buang

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bu‧a
• IPA^(key): /buˈʔa/,

Adjective

bùa

1. crazy; insane

   Synonyms: kapay, loko, ribong

Derived terms

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Etymology 1

Childish variant of buba (“pimple”), from Medieval Latin būbō (“bubo”), from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).

Noun

bua f (plural bues)

1. pimple
2. (childish) badness

Derived terms

• bona bua
• mala bua

Etymology 2

Alteration of gúa.

Noun

bua f (plural bues)

1. (archaic, nautical, metrology) a unit of length used in measuring ships. Approximately the same as a yard, it was defined as 4 pams (“spans”)

See also

• cana (“fathom”)
• pam (“span”)

Further reading

• “bua” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bua”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “bua” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bua” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dagbani

Noun

bua

1. goat

Gagauz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *buka.

Noun

bua (definite accusative , plural )

1. ox

Garo

Verb

bua

1. to pierce

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese voar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bua.

Verb

bua

1. to fly (in the sky)

Irish

Alternative forms

• buaidh (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish búaid, from Proto-Celtic *boudi; compare Scottish Gaelic buaidh, Breton buz, Welsh budd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˠuə/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /bˠuː/

Noun

bua m (genitive singular bua, nominative plural buanna)

1. (sports, competition) victory, win
2. talent, gift, faculty, forte (ability)
3. merit
4. destiny

Declension

Derived terms

• beir bua, beir bua agus beannacht
• ollbhua

Verb

bua

1. analytic present subjunctive of buaigh

Mutation

References

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 búaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “buaiḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 95
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bua”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “bua” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “bua” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.a/
• Rhymes: -ua
• Hyphenation: bù‧a

Noun

bua f (plural bue)

1. (childish) pain, discomfort, boo-boo, owie

Anagrams

• bau

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese voar.

Verb

bua

1. to fly (in the sky)

Kokborok

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/p-wa.

Noun

bua

1. teeth

References

• Debbarma, Binoy (2001) “bua”, in Concise Kokborok-English-Bengali Dictionary‎, Language Wing, Education Department, TTAADC, →ISBN, page 27

Latin

Etymology

Onomatopoeia

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.a/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.a/,

Noun

bua f sg (genitive buae); first declension

1. The sound made by infants when asking for their drink; baba.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Related terms

• vinibua

See also

• papa
• pappa

References

• “bua”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Lindu

Noun

bua

1. sarong; blanket

Ngaju

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq.

Noun

bua

1. fruit

Nias

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Austronesian *buaq.

Noun

bua (mutated form mbua)

1. fruit

Derived terms

• mowua

References

• Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 37.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• bui (old spelling or dialectal)

Noun

bua f

1. definite singular of bu

Puyuma

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *buaq (compare Malay buah, Hawaiian hua).

Noun

bua

1. fruit

Sotho

Verb

bua

1. to speak

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

bua (ma class, plural mabua)

1. stalk (stem or main axis of a plant)

Swedish

Etymology

From bu +‎ -a.

Verb

bua (present buar, preterite buade, supine buat, imperative bua)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to boo

Conjugation

Derived terms

• utbuad

References

• bua in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bua in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Ternate

Etymology

Cognate with West Makian bual (“termite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

bua

1. a termite

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tswana

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /búa/

Verb

bua

1. to speak

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bua/

Verb

bua

1. to skin an animal

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *puaq (“areca nut, fruit”) with irregular loss of *q and voicing, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Austronesian *buaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bua/

Noun

bua

1. areca nut

Further reading

• Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.