buho

See also: búho

Hiligaynon

Noun

buhò (diminutive buhô-buhò)

1. crevice, hole, opening, perforation, pit, vent

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• bufo

Etymology

From Late Latin būfus (“owl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuo/

Noun

buho m (plural buhos)

1. owl
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 108r:

     […] la uertud de figura de mugier q́ ua antella un ninno. ⁊ tiene ſolos pies un buho, ⁊ ſobre ſu cabeça eſtas figuras de letras.

     […] the virtue of the figure of a woman and a child before her, and under her feet an owl, and over her head the shapes of these letters.

Descendants

• Spanish: búho

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

buho

1. vocative singular of buha

Spanish

Noun

buho m (plural buhos)

1. Superseded spelling of búho.