Bulgarian

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, бу́хам (búham, to hoot) +‎ -укам (-ukam, expressive verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [boˈxukɐm]
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Verb

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буху́кам (buhúkam) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (intransitive) to hoot, to tu-whit tu-whoo (of owls and other birds)
  2. (intransitive) to cough, to rasp in a dry manner (of people)

Conjugation

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References

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  • бухукам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014