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English
Etymology
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Noun
bual (plural buals)
- A variety of madeira (wine) that is less sweet than malmsey
Anagrams
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic , borrowed from Vulgar Latin *būvalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos). Cognate with Welsh and Cornish bual.
Pronunciation
Noun
bual m (plural bualed)
- buffalo
Inflection
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Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh bual, from Proto-Brythonic *bʉβal, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos). Compare Breton bual.
Pronunciation
Noun
bual m (plural buail or bualod or bualau)
- (zoology) bison
- drinking horn
Mutation
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bual”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
West Makian
Etymology
Cognate with Ternate bua (“termite”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bual
- a termite
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics