bú
(Redirected from bů)
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bu"
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
bú
- moo (sound of a cow)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- bú in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- bú in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Hungarian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From a Turkic language, compare Turkish bun (“boredom, worry”).
Noun[edit]
bú (usually uncountable, plural búk)
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | bú | búk |
accusative | bút | búkat |
dative | búnak | búknak |
instrumental | búval | búkkal |
causal-final | búért | búkért |
translative | búvá | búkká |
terminative | búig | búkig |
essive-formal | búként | búkként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | búban | búkban |
superessive | bún | búkon |
adessive | búnál | búknál |
illative | búba | búkba |
sublative | búra | búkra |
allative | búhoz | búkhoz |
elative | búból | búkból |
delative | búról | búkról |
ablative | bútól | búktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
búé | búké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
búéi | búkéi |
Possessive forms of bú | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | búm | búim |
2nd person sing. | búd | búid |
3rd person sing. | búja | búi |
1st person plural | búnk | búink |
2nd person plural | bútok | búitok |
3rd person plural | bújuk | búik |
Derived terms[edit]
- bús (with several more derivations)
Compound words
Etymology 2[edit]
An onomatopoeia.
Interjection[edit]
bú
- moo (the characteristic sound made by a cow)
- Synonym: mú
- 1954, Lőrinc Szabó, Falusi hangverseny (Village concert)[1]:
- Bú, bú, bú, / boci szomorú, / de hogy feszít / tyúkjai közt a kukurikú.
- Moo, moo, moo / the little calf is blue, / but how proud is / among his hens the cock-a-doodle-doo.
Further reading[edit]
- (sorrow, grief): bú in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (moo): bú in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (archaic, folksy: synonym of bújik (“to hide [oneself]”)): bú in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- bú in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse bú (“farming, a farm, farm stock”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bú n (genitive singular bús, nominative plural bú)
Declension[edit]
declension of bú
Synonyms[edit]
- (farm): býli
Related terms[edit]
Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
bú m (genitive singular bú, nominative plural búnna)
Declension[edit]
Declension of bú
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- bú fíniúna (“grape-hyacinth”)
- bú muc (“(wild) hyacinth, bluebell”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Interjection[edit]
bú!
- boo!
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bú | bhú | mbú |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 buga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Mandarin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Romanization[edit]
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 繼/继
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轎/轿
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 醪
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 樸/朴
Old Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bú
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
bú | bú pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
mbú |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *būą.
Noun[edit]
bú n
Related terms[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Vietic *buːʔ ~ *puːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔbuuʔ (“to suck at the breast”). Cognate with Khmer បៅ (baw), Pnar bu, Khmu [Cuang] buʔ, Shwe Palaung ဘူ, Gata' buˀ. Related to vú (“breast”), which derived from a prefixed form.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓu˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓʊw˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓʊw˦˥]
Audio (Ho Chi Minh City): (file)
Verb[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
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- vi:Breastfeeding