buis

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch buis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bœis/
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Noun

buis (plural buise, diminutive buisie)

  1. tube, duct, pipe

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch buse, of uncertain origin, plausibly representing an umlauted byform *beusju of Proto-West Germanic *beusu (rush, bentgrass) which gives Dutch bies. For the "television" sense, compare English tube.

Noun

buis f (plural buizen, diminutive buisje n)

  1. pipe, duct
  2. (slang) television
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: buis
  • Caribbean Javanese: bès, bèis
  • Indonesian: bis
  • West Frisian: buis

Etymology 2

Clipping of wambuis.

Noun

buis n (plural buizen, diminutive buisje n)

  1. (historical) gambeson
  2. a type of coat or jacket
  3. a type of blouse
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch buse, from Medieval Latin buscia, buza, buccia (possibly Middle Dutch loaned the Latin by way of Old French busse, buce); further etymology uncertain.

Noun

buis f (plural buizen, diminutive buisje n)

  1. (historical) a buss, a type of fishing vessel
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

buis

  1. inflection of buizen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French bois, from Latin buxus.

Pronunciation

Noun

buis m (plural buis)

  1. box (tree)
  2. boxwood

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Ilocano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbwis/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧is

Noun

buís

  1. tax

Kapampangan

Etymology

Compare Tagalog buwis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbwis/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧is

Noun

buís

  1. tax

Verb

buís

  1. to pay tax

Maguindanao

Noun

buís

  1. tax

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch buis.

Pronunciation

Noun

buis c (plural buizen, diminutive buiske)

  1. tube, pipe, duct

Further reading

  • buis (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011