buf
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin būfus (“owl”), probably of onomatopoeic origin; see also Ancient Greek βοῦφος (boûphos). Compare archaic Romanian buf, Spanish búho.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
buf m (plural bufë, definite bufi, definite plural bufët)
Declension edit
Aromanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin būfus, probably of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate to Romanian buf and Megleno-Romanian buf. Less likely from Greek μπούφος (boúfos, “eagle owl”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
buf m (plural buhi)
- owl
- (figurative) fool, stupid person
References edit
- Cunia, Tiberius (2010) “buf”, in Dictsiunar a Limbãljei Armãneascã (in Aromanian), Constanța: Editura Cartea Aromãnã, page 213a
Megleno-Romanian edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin būfus. Compare to Romanian buf, Aromanian buf, Macedonian був (buv) and Bulgarian бух (buh, “eagle owl”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
buf m (plural buf)
Romanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin būfus, probably of onomatopoeic origin.
Cognate to Aromanian buf and Megleno-Romanian buf, as well as Spanish búho. The similar terms, also in the significantly less Slavic-contact language Aromanian, speak clearly in favor of a common etymology before the dispersal of Proto-Romanian. The derivation from buh is ruled out because [h] does not change to [f] in variant formation with the only exception of preceding another consonant. Compare further to Macedonian був (buv) and Bulgarian бух (buh, “eagle owl”), as well as Ancient Greek βοῦφος (boûphos).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
buf m (plural bufi)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
¡buf!
- expresses unpleasantness
Umbrian edit
Noun edit
buf m (late Iguvine) (accusative plural)
- See 𐌁𐌖𐌚 (buf, “ox”).
Romanization edit
buf
- Romanization of 𐌁𐌖𐌚