buit

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch buit, from Middle Low German büte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bœi̯t/
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Noun

buit (uncountable)

  1. The booty, spoils.

Derived terms

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vocitum.

Pronunciation

Adjective

buit (feminine buida, masculine plural buits, feminine plural buides)

  1. vacant
  2. empty

Antonyms

Derived terms

Noun

buit m (plural buits)

  1. empty space; gap
  2. vacuum
  3. void

References


Further reading

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

16th century, borrowed from Middle Low German büte, whence also German Beute and eventually all other related forms. Of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly a Celtic borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (victory, booty, spoils).[1] If so, related to the name of Boudica, a British Celtic queen.[2] [3]

Pronunciation

Noun

buit m (uncountable)

  1. the spoil, booty taken by violence, as in war
  2. the loot, fruits of crime
  3. a hunter's prey
  4. the gains, as in a game of chance

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: buit
  • West Frisian: bût, bút

References

  1. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
  2. ^ Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (buit, supplement)
  3. ^ Rolleston, T.W. (2018): Celtic Mythology