buja

See also: búja

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1776. Borrowed from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *bujь (“overexcited, volatile”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, to grow”). Compare Serbo-Croatian бујан (“exuberant, lush”), Old Church Slavonic боуи (bui, “stupid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbujɒ]
• Hyphenation: bu‧ja
• Rhymes: -jɒ

Adjective

buja (comparative bujább, superlative legbujább)

1. (of a person) sensual, lustful
2. (of vegetation) lush, exuberant

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	buja	buják
accusative	buját	bujákat
dative	bujának	bujáknak
instrumental	bujával	bujákkal
causal-final	bujáért	bujákért
translative	bujává	bujákká
terminative	bujáig	bujákig
essive-formal	bujaként	bujákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	bujában	bujákban
superessive	buján	bujákon
adessive	bujánál	bujáknál
illative	bujába	bujákba
sublative	bujára	bujákra
allative	bujához	bujákhoz
elative	bujából	bujákból
delative	bujáról	bujákról
ablative	bujától	bujáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	bujáé	bujáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	bujáéi	bujákéi

Derived terms

• bujaság
• bujálkodik
• buján

 

Further reading

• buja 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
• buja 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)

Lindu

Noun

buja

1. card

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ja/
• Rhymes: -uja
• Syllabification: bu‧ja

Verb

buja

1. third-person singular present of bujać

Portuguese

Etymology

Clipping of bojarda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ʒɐ/

Noun

buja f (plural bujas)

1. (informal, chiefly sports) a violent shoot

   Não vale bujas! ― Violent shoots are not allowed!