bú

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bu"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuː]

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Interjection

bú

1. moo (sound of a cow)

Related terms

• bučet

 

Further reading

• bú in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• bú in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuː]

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• Rhymes: -buː

Etymology 1

From a Turkic language, compare Turkish bun (“boredom, worry”).

Noun

bú (usually uncountable, plural búk)

1. (literary) sorrow, grief

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	bú	búk
accusative	bút	búkat
dative	búnak	búknak
instrumental	búval	búkkal
causal-final	búért	búkért
translative	búvá	búkká
terminative	búig	búkig
essive-formal	búként	búkként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	búban	búkban
superessive	bún	búkon
adessive	búnál	búknál
illative	búba	búkba
sublative	búra	búkra
allative	búhoz	búkhoz
elative	búból	búkból
delative	búról	búkról
ablative	bútól	búktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	búé	búké
non-attributive possessive - plural	búéi	búkéi

Possessive forms of bú
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	búm	búim
2nd person sing.	búd	búid
3rd person sing.	búja	búi
1st person plural	búnk	búink
2nd person plural	bútok	búitok
3rd person plural	bújuk	búik

Derived terms

• bús (with several more derivations)

 

Compound words

• búbánat
• búfelejtő
• búkergető
• búvalbélelt, (vulgar) búvalbaszott
• honfibú
• mélabú

 

Etymology 2

An onomatopoeia.

Interjection

bú

1. moo (the characteristic sound made by a cow)

   Synonym: mú

   • 1954, Lőrinc Szabó, Falusi hangverseny (Village concert)‎^[1]:

     Bú, bú, bú, / boci szomorú, / de hogy feszít / tyúkjai közt a kukurikú.

     Moo, moo, moo / the little calf is blue, / but how proud is / among his hens the cock-a-doodle-doo.

Further reading

• (sorrow, grief): bú in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (moo): bú in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (archaic, folksy: synonym of bújik (“to hide [oneself]”)): bú in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• bú in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bú (“farming, a farm, farm stock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

bú n (genitive singular bús, nominative plural bú)

1. housekeeping
2. farm
3. estate

Declension

declension of bú

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bú	búið	bú	búin
accusative	bú	búið	bú	búin
dative	búi	búinu	búum	búunum
genitive	bús	búsins	búa	búanna

Synonyms

• (farm): býli

Related terms

• búa

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˠuː/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish buga.

Noun

bú m (genitive singular bú, nominative plural búnna)

1. hyacinth

Declension

Declension of bú

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bú búnna Vocative a bhú a bhúnna Genitive bú búnna Dative bú búnna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bú na búnna Genitive an bhú na mbúnna Dative leis an mbú don bhú leis na búnna

Alternative forms

• bugha, butha

Derived terms

• bú fíniúna (“grape-hyacinth”)
• bú muc (“(wild) hyacinth, bluebell”)

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

bú!

1. boo!

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bú	bhú	mbú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 buga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• bu — nonstandard

Romanization

bú (bu², Zhuyin ㄅㄨˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 繼／继
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轎／轿
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 醪
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 樸／朴

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buː/

Noun

bú

1. vocative/accusative plural of bó

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
bú	bú pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/	mbú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *būą.

Noun

bú n

1. (Old West Norse) dwelling, household, farm, estate, housekeeping, home

Related terms

• búa
• bo (Old East Norse)

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *buːʔ ~ *puːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔbuuʔ (“to suck at the breast”). Cognate with Khmer បៅ (baw), Pnar bu, Khmu [Cuang] buʔ, Shwe Palaung ဘူ, Gata' buˀ. Related to vú (“breast”), which derived from a prefixed form.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓu˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓʊw˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓʊw˦˥]

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Verb

bú • (𪜛)

1. to suck (at a breast) to consume milk

Derived terms

• bú mớm