buba
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
buba (plural bubas)
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin būbō (“bubo”), from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
buba f (plural bubes)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “buba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dení edit
Noun edit
buba f
- walking palm (Socratea exorrhiza)
- floor made from the wood of the walking palm
- floor
References edit
- “buba” in Gordon Koop, Lois Koop, Dicionário deni-português, Associação Internacional de Lingüística - SIL Brasil, 1985.
Gamilaraay edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
buba
References edit
- (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bǫba.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bȕba f (Cyrillic spelling бу̏ба)
Declension edit
References edit
- “buba” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Sranan Tongo edit
Etymology edit
Compare Yoruba bùbá (“outer garment”), Baoule bui (“bark (skin)”), Kongo búuba (“outfit; small piece of cloth worn by a woman”), Mandinka bubá (“blouse”), Wolof buba (“garments”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Niger-Congo *-kwuba (“skin (bark, husk)”). [1]
Noun edit
buba
- skin
- 1855 April 23, “De slavernij en hare gruwelen in Suriname [Slavery and its horrors in Suriname]”, in Algemeen Handelsblad[2], Amsterdam, page 4:
- Pieri me na boeba, fo na ningre
- Strip me that Negro's skin off
- (by extension), skin colour, race
- 1985, “Mi Dren (I Shall Be Released)”, in Anne-Marie Hunsel (lyrics), Bob Dylan (music), Mi Dren (I Shall Be Released)[3], performed by Anne-Marie Hunsel:
- Ini mi dren mi ben syi / fa Srananman ben makandra / Ala buba ben kon na wan / Ke Masra, mi winsi a ben de tru
- In my dream, I saw / how the Surinamese were getting along / All races had united / Oh Lord, I wish it were true
- fur
- fleece
- peel
- shell
- husk
- crust
- bark
- sapwood
- 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary][4]:
- Kuljara va ju no habi bunne hudu, da buba soso
- Your canoe doesn't have proper wood, it's just sapwood.
- sheath
Descendants edit
- Aukan: buba
References edit
Swahili edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
buba (n class, plural buba)
References edit
- M J F Cooper (2007 November 15) Swahili Medical Dictionary and Phrasebook, 2nd edition, Lulu.com, page 56
West Makian edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
buba
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of buba (stative verb) | ||||
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singular | plural | |||
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | tibuba | mibuba | abuba | |
2nd person | nibuba | fibuba | ||
3rd person | inanimate | ibuba | dibuba | |
animate | mabuba | |||
imperative | —, buba | —, buba |
References edit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[5], Pacific linguistics
Yoruba edit
Etymology edit
Compare Baoule bui (“bark (skin)”), Kongo búuba (“outfit; small piece of cloth worn by a woman”), Mandinka bubá (“blouse”), Wolof buba (“garments”), Sranan Tongo buba (“skin”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Niger-Congo *-kwuba (“skin (bark, husk)”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bùbá