buoba

Latgalian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *baba. Doublet of baba.

Cognates include Latvian bāba and Latvian boba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbùɔ̯ba]
• Hyphenation: buo‧ba

Noun

buoba f (diminutive buobeņa)

1. (colloquial) wife

Declension

Declension of buoba (type 4 noun)

	singular	plural
nominative	buoba	buobys, buobas1)
genitive	buobys, buobas1)	buobu
dative	buobai	buobom
accusative	buobu	buobys, buobas1)
instrumental	buobu	buobom
locative	buobā	buobuos
vocative	buoba, buob	buobys, buobas1)
1) dialectal

Synonyms

• (more formal) sīva

References

• A. Andronov, L. Leikuma (2008) Latgalīšu-Latvīšu-Krīvu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava, →ISBN, page 10