buit
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch buit, from Middle Low German büte.
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Noun edit
buit (uncountable)
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vocitum.
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Adjective edit
buit (feminine buida, masculine plural buits, feminine plural buides)
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Noun edit
buit m (plural buits)
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Further reading edit
- “buit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “buit” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “buit” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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Etymology edit
16th century, borrowed from Middle Low German büte, whence also German Beute and eventually all other related forms. Of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly a Celtic borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“victory, booty, spoils”).[1] If so, related to the name of Boudica, a British Celtic queen.[2] [3]
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Noun edit
buit m (uncountable)
- The spoil, booty taken by violence, as in war.
- The loot, fruits of crime.
- A hunter's prey.
- The gains, as in a game of chance.
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Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
- ^ Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (buit, supplement)
- ^ Rolleston, T.W. (2018): Celtic Mythology