buga

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀah (to spray water from the mouth), from Proto-Austronesian *buʀəS.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈɡa/,
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ga

Noun

bugá (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜄ)

  1. spitting out a mouthful of water

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

buga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bugaði, supine bugað)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to overcome, to defeat

Conjugation

Jamtish

Etymology

From the oblique of Old Norse bogi.

Pronunciation

Noun

buga m

  1. bow

Declension

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Portuguese

Verb

buga

  1. inflection of bugar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology 1

Clipping of bugarrón.

Noun

buga m or f by sense (plural bugas)

  1. (Mexico, gay slang) heterosexual (person)

Adjective

buga m or f (masculine and feminine plural bugas)

  1. (Mexico, gay slang, relational) heterosexuality

Etymology 2

Clipping of Bugatti.

Noun

buga m (plural bugas)

  1. (Spain, colloquial) automobile

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

buga (present bugar, preterite bugade, supine bugat, imperative buga)

  1. (often reflexive) to bow (as a gesture of respect or deference)
    Han bugade sig djupt
    He bowed deeply

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀah (to spray water from the mouth), from Proto-Austronesian *buʀəS. Compare Malay bura.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈɡa/,
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ga

Noun

bugá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄ)

  1. forced blow from one's mouth
  2. forced ejection from the interior of something (such as in volcanoes, chimneys, etc.)
  3. bellowing snort; hissing snort (such as with steam or air being forced out)
    Synonym: singasing
  4. game where a playing piece, either a marble or a bayag-kambing seed, is blown out hard from a player's mouth to hit other pieces
  5. medical treatment by quack doctors where something chewed is mixed with saliva and spat upon an ailing part of the patient's body
  6. practice of blowing smoke on the face of gamecocks (to make them brave and their eyes clear)
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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuɡaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ga

Noun

bugà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄ)

  1. pumice
    Synonym: kamanga
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