bubu

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See also: bubú and bùbù

Albanian

Interjection

bubu

  1. alas

Asturian

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Noun

bubu m (plural bubos)

  1. grain

Aukan

Etymology

Probably from Kongo m-bùubu (“dread, something dreadful, darkness”). Compare Saramaccan bubú (“jaguar”) and Sranan Tongo bubu (“bogeyman”).

Noun

bubu

  1. jaguar, Panthera onca

References

  1. ^ Norval Smith (2015) “A preliminary list of probable Kikongo (KiKoongo) lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 428

Guugu Yimidhirr

Noun

bubu

  1. land, dirt, place

Indonesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Noun

bubu

  1. fish trap

Kavalan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Noun

bubu

  1. conical bamboo basket, a fish trap

References

  • Paul Jen-kuei Li (李壬癸), Shigeru Tsuchida (土田滋) (2006) Kavalan Dictionary (噶瑪蘭語詞典) (Language and Linguistics Monograph Series; A-19)‎, Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bubu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubu, from Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Pronunciation

Noun

bubu (Jawi spelling بوبو, plural bubu-bubu, informal 1st possessive bubuku, 2nd possessive bubumu, 3rd possessive bubunya)

  1. fish trap

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: bubu

References

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bubu

  1. accusative singular of buba

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Probably from Kongo m-bùubu (“dread, something dreadful, darkness”). Compare Aukan bubu (“jaguar”) and Saramaccan bubú (“jaguar”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bubu

  1. bogeyman, bugbear, monster

References

  1. ^ Norval Smith (2015) “A preliminary list of probable Kikongo (KiKoongo) lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 428

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Noun

bubu (ma class, plural mabubu)

  1. dumb person
  2. mute person

Taroko

Noun

bubu

  1. mother

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

bubu

  1. a fin or flipper of a fish

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

bubu

  1. (transitive) to drill, bore a hole
Conjugation
Conjugation of bubu
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tobubu fobubu mibubu
2nd nobubu nibubu
3rd Masculine obubu ibubu, yobubu†
Feminine mobubu
Neuter ibubu
† - archaic

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

bubu

  1. (transitive) to put out in the rain

References

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

Tetum

Verb

bubu

  1. to swell

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Possibly from Hiri Motu tubu (“grandparent”)

Noun

bubu

  1. grandparent
  2. any elderly relative
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