Istriot edit

Etymology edit

Diminutive of buca, from Latin bucca.

Noun edit

bucheîn m

  1. diminutive of buca; little mouth
    • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:
      Cu’ ’l su’ pruoprio bucheîn el me magnasse;
      With his pretty little mouth he would eat me;

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