buina

Catalan

Alternative forms

• bovina

Etymology

From earlier bovina, from Latin bovina (“pertaining to cattle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbuj.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈbuj.na]

Noun

buina f (plural buines)

1. cowpat, cowpie

   Synonyms: bonyiga, bonyigo

Further reading

• “buina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “buina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “buina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “buina” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈi.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: bu‧ì‧na

Noun

buina f (plural buine)

1. Obsolete form of bovina.
   1. (uncountable) cow dung
   2. cowpie

References

• buina in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Accademia della Crusca (p. 1961), “buina”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana (in Italian), volume 2, page 336