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See also: Bue, bué, bue', and bü

Asturian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *boem for Latin bovem, accusative singular of bōs.

Noun

bue m (plural bues)

  1. bull
  2. ox

References

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bogi, from Proto-Germanic *bugô, cognate with Swedish båge, English bow, German Bogen.

Noun

bue c (singular definite buen, plural indefinite buer)

  1. bow (weapon)
  2. (geometry) curve, arc
  3. (architecture) arch, vault
  4. (music) tie, ligature, slur
  5. hoop
Declension
Declension of bue
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bue buen buer buerne
genitive bues buens buers buernes
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Etymology 2

Possibly from Middle Low German bûgen, from Old Saxon būgan, from Proto-West Germanic *beugan (“to bend”).

Cognate with English bow, Dutch buigen, German biegen. Swedish buga is also from Low German.

Verb

bue (imperative bu, infinitive at bue, present tense buer, past tense buede, perfect tense har buet)

  1. to curve
  2. to arch
Conjugation
Inflection of bue
present past
simple buer buede
perfect har buet havde buet
passive — —
participle buende buet
imperative bu —
infinitive bue —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund buen —

French

Pronunciation

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Participle

bue f sg

  1. feminine singular of bu

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *boem, from Latin bovem (“cow, bull, or ox”). Compare Spanish buey. Doublet of bove.

Pronunciation

Noun

bue m (plural buoi, derogatory (figurative only) buaccio, diminutive-derogatory (figurative only) buacciolo)

  1. ox (adult castrated male of cattle)
    Synonyms: bove, manzo
  2. (figurative) dimwit, fool

Related terms

See also

Further reading

  • bue in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Murui Huitoto

Pronunciation

Pronoun

¿bue?

  1. what?

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 38
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 140

Norwegian Bokmål

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 bue (arkitektur) on Norwegian Wikipedia
 bue (geometri) on Norwegian Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Danish bue, from Old Norse bogi, from Proto-Germanic *bugô.

Noun

bue m (definite singular buen, indefinite plural buer, definite plural buene)

  1. a bow (used in archery and music)
  2. (architecture) an arch
  3. (geometry) an arc

Derived terms

References

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

bue

  1. (intransitive) to swing, rock

Conjugation

Conjugation of bue
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tobue fobue mibue
2nd nobue nibue
3rd Masculine obue ibue, yobue†
Feminine mobue
Neuter ibue
† - archaic

References

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