buča

See also: buca, buća, bucã, bucă, and bučā

Latvian

Buča

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *bu- (with an extra onomatopoeic č(a), suggesting the sound of kissing), from Proto-Indo-European *bu- (“lip”). Some researchers suggest borrowing from Germanic; the majority opinion is that this word was not borrowed. Cognates include Lithuanian bùčius, bučinỹs, Belarusian бу́ся (búsja), Bulgarian бу́зя (búzja, “cheek”), Polish buzia (“mouth; face; kiss”), Ukrainian бу́зя (búzja, “mouth”), Middle Low German bützen, German bussen (“to kiss”) (dialectal pussen), Swedish puss (“kiss”), Irish bus (“lip”), Albanian buzë (“lip”), Latin bucca (“mouth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [butʃa]

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Noun

buča f (4th declension)

1. (colloquial) kiss (a touch with the lips, to express love, friendship, respect, devotion)

   Synonym: skūpsts

   viņš deva tai sirsnīgu buču ― he gave her a warmhearted kiss

   kad meita buču saņēmusi, tad viņa iesaucas: “tu pagāns!” un dara tā, it kā tā lūpas gribētu noslaucīt ― when the girl received the kiss, she exclaimed: “you heathen!” and did as if she wanted to wipe her lips clean

Declension

Declension of buča (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	buča	bučas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	buču	bučas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	bučas	buču
dative (datīvs)	bučai	bučām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	buču	bučām
locative (lokatīvs)	bučā	bučās
vocative (vokatīvs)	buča	bučas

Related terms

• bučot

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bût͡ʃa/
• Hyphenation: bu‧ča

Noun

bȕča f (Cyrillic spelling бу̏ча)

1. Alternative form of bȕća

References

• “buča”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Latin buttis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bùːt͡ʃa/

Noun

búča f

1. pumpkin, squash
2. (informal) head

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	búča
gen. sing.	búče
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	búča	búči	búče
genitive (rodȋlnik)	búče	búč	búč
dative (dajȃlnik)	búči	búčama	búčam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	búčo	búči	búče
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	búči	búčah	búčah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	búčo	búčama	búčami

Further reading

• “buča”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran