See also: Bubon and bubón

Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubun.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /buˈbon/ [buˈbon̪]
  • Hyphenation: bu‧bon

Noun

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bubón (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜊᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. well (for water)
    Synonym: balon

Esperanto

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Noun

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bubon

  1. accusative singular of bubo

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin būbō, from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, groin, swelling).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /by.bɔ̃/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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bubon m (plural bubons)

  1. bubo

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Portuguese: bubão

Further reading

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Ilocano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubun.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /buˈbon/ [buˈbon]
  • Hyphenation: bu‧bón

Noun

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bubón

  1. well (for water)

Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *bǫbьnъ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian bubon, Polish bęben, Czech buben, Serbo-Croatian bȗbanj.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bubon m inan (diminutive bubonk)

  1. (music) drum

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “bubon”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “bubon”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Masbatenyo

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubun.

Noun

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bubon

  1. well (for collecting water)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French bubon. Possibly a doublet of bubă.

Noun

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bubon n (plural buboane)

  1. bubo

Declension

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Declension of bubon
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative bubon bubonul buboane buboanele
genitive-dative bubon bubonului buboane buboanelor
vocative bubonule buboanelor

Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bǫbьnъ. Cognate with Polish bęben, Czech buben, Serbo-Croatian bȗbanj.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bubon m inan (relational adjective bubnový, diminutive bubník or bubníček, augmentative bubnisko)

  1. drum (musical instrument)

Declension

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Declension of bubon
(pattern dub)
singularplural
nominativebubonbubny
genitivebubnabubnov
dativebubnububnom
accusativebubonbubny
locativebubnebubnoch
instrumentalbubnombubnami

Further reading

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  • bubon”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025