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Romanian
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly a substrate word, perhaps from or related to Ruthenian or Ukrainian буба (buba, “swelling”) (cf. Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian буба (buba, “insect pupa, bug, silkworm”), also Albanian bubë), or alternatively from a Vulgar Latin *buba from Late Latin būbō, būbōnēs, from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn), which would make it a doublet of bubon. It may more likely be simply an expressive creation, similar to words in other languages with the same senses. Compare also Galician bouba (“blister”), French bube, Spanish buba, búa (“pustule, blister, swelling, scab, tumor”).
Noun
bubă f (plural bube)
- swelling, bump
- abscess, boil, lesion
- Synonyms: furuncul, abces, buboi
- (figuratively) a minor wound or injury, such as a cut
Declension
Declension of bubă
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singular
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plural
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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| nominative/accusative
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(o) bubă
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buba
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(niște) bube
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bubele
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| genitive/dative
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(unei) bube
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bubei
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(unor) bube
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bubelor
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| vocative
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bubă, bubo
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bubelor
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See also
References
- Paliga, Sorin (2024) An Etymological Dictionary of the Romanian Language, New York: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 202