bui
Acehnese edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Chamic *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.
Noun edit
bui
- pig (mammal of genus Sus)
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Of unknown origin, with no known cognates in Germanic. The word may be related to Ancient Greek φῦσα (phûsa, “blast of wind, breath”); see that entry for cognates.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bui f (plural buien, diminutive buitje n)
- shower (rain), or generally a bout (of bad weather such as snow)
- mood, episode
- (dated) gust, current of wind
Derived terms edit
- buien
- buienradar
- buiig
- donderbui
- driftbui
- hagelbui
- hoosbui
- huilbui
- onweersbui
- piekbui
- regenbui
- sneeuwbui
- stormbui
- stortbui
- windbui
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: bui
- → German: Bö
- → Norwegian Bokmål: byge
- → Papiamentu: beis
- →? Saterland Frisian: Böije
- → West Frisian: bui
References edit
- ^ Mann, S. E. (1963). Armenian and Indo-European: Historical Phonology. United Kingdom: Luzac, p. 42
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch boei (“buoy, shackle”), from Middle Dutch boeye, from Old French boie (“fetter, chain, clog”), from Latin boia (“(leather) collar, band, fetter”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bui (first-person possessive buiku, second-person possessive buimu, third-person possessive buinya)
- buoy.
- (colloquial) prison
- Synonym: penjara
Further reading edit
- “bui” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian edit
Adjective edit
bui
Noun edit
bui m
Anagrams edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
bui
Lombard edit
Etymology edit
Akin to Italian bollire and French bouillir, from Latin bulla.
Verb edit
bui
- to boil
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
bui
- Nonstandard spelling of buì.
Usage notes edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
bui (conjunct ·bui)
- third-person singular preterite absolute/conjunct of at·tá
Mutation edit
Middle Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
bui | bui pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbui |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
bui f
Pazeh edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Taiwanese Hokkien 襪/袜 (boe̍h).
Noun edit
bui
References edit
- Paul Jen-kuei Li (李壬癸); Shigeru Tsuchida (土田滋) (2001) Pazih Dictionary (巴宰語詞典), Taipei: Academia Sinica, Institute of Linguistics.
Southeastern Tepehuan edit
Noun edit
bui
Sranan Tongo edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
bui
Yagara edit
Noun edit
bui
References edit
- State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Brisbane Animal Words.