Avar

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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буба (buba)

  1. mother; mom, mum

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Bulgarian

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Буба на златен бръмбар (Cetonia aurata)

Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *buba, *bǫba. Akin to Albanian bubë (silkworm pupa), Latvian bubulis (knot, node).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbubɐ]
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Noun

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бу́ба (búbaf (relational adjective бу́бен)

  1. pupa
    Synonym: какави́да (kakavída)
  2. (by extension) bug
  3. silkworm (Bombyx mori)

Declension

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References

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  • буба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • буба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “буба”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 85

Lezgi

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Etymology

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Akin to Udi баба (baba).

Noun

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буба (buba)

  1. father

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bǫba.

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Noun

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буба (bubaf

  1. bug, beetle
  2. silkworm
  3. bogeyman
  4. (colloquial) Volkswagen Beetle

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Derived terms

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Verb

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буба (buba) third-singular presentimpf (perfective набуба)

  1. (transitive) to cram, memorize

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bǫba.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bûba/
  • Hyphenation: бу‧ба

Noun

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бу̏ба f (Latin spelling bȕba)

  1. bug
  2. beetle

Declension

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References

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  • буба” in Hrvatski jezični portal