buba
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Yoruba buba.
=== Noun ===
buba (plural bubas)
A woman's blouse worn in West African countries.
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin būbō (“bubo”), from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [ˈbu.βə]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈbu.bə]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈbu.ba]
IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ˈbu.βa]
=== Noun ===
buba f (plural bubes)
pimple
Synonym: bua
pox
==== Derived terms ====
bua
==== Related terms ====
bubó
=== Further reading ===
“buba”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
== Dení ==
=== Noun ===
buba f
walking palm (Socratea exorrhiza)
floor made from the wood of the walking palm
floor
=== References ===
“buba” in Gordon Koop, Lois Koop, Dicionário deni-português, Associação Internacional de Lingüística - SIL Brasil, 1985.
== Gamilaraay ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbuba/
=== Noun ===
buba
biceps
=== References ===
(2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary
== Istriot ==
=== Noun ===
buba f
alternative form of bùa
=== References ===
Cergna, Sandro (2015), Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria[2], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 59
== Polish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
bubu (Zagórze)
=== Etymology ===
Nursery speech.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Lesser Poland):
(Goral):
(Zagórze) IPA(key): [ˈbu.ba]
=== Noun ===
buba f
(Zagórze, childish) synonym of krowa / cielę
=== Further reading ===
Józefa Kobylińska (2001), “buba, bubu”, in Marian Kucała, editor, Słownik gwary gorczańskiej (zagórzańskiej)[3] (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Pedagogicznej, →ISBN, page 10
== Serbo-Croatian ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bǫba.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /bûba/
Hyphenation: bu‧ba
=== Noun ===
bȕba f (Cyrillic spelling бу̏ба)
bug
beetle
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“buba”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
== Sranan Tongo ==
=== Etymology ===
Compare Yoruba bùbá (“outer garment”), Baoule bui (“bark (skin)”), Kongo búuba (“outfit; small piece of cloth worn by a woman”), Mandinka bubá (“blouse”), Wolof buba (“garments”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Niger-Congo *-kwuba (“skin (bark, husk)”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /bu.ba/
=== Noun ===
buba
skin
(by extension), skin colour, race
fur, fleece
peel
shell, husk, crust, bark
sapwood
sheath
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Aukan: buba
Saramaccan: búba
=== References ===
== Swahili ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
buba class IX (plural buba class X)
yaws
=== References ===
M J F Cooper (15 November 2007), Swahili Medical Dictionary and Phrasebook, 2nd edition, Lulu.com, page 56
== West Makian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbu.ba/
=== Verb ===
buba
(stative) alternative form of boba (“to call, summon”)
==== Conjugation ====
=== References ===
Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours[7], Pacific linguistics
== Yoruba ==
=== Etymology ===
Likely from a Songhay language, compare Baoule bui (“bark (skin)”), Kongo búuba (“outfit; small piece of cloth worn by a woman”), Mandinka bubá (“blouse”), Wolof buba (“garments”), Sranan Tongo buba (“skin”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Niger-Congo *-kwuba (“skin (bark, husk)”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /bù.bá/
=== Noun ===
bùbá
(fashion) blouse or outer garment worn by women
Synonym: bùbá obìnrin
(fashion) top or outer garment worn by men
Synonym: bùbá ọkùnrin
(fashion) inner garment worn by men typically under an agbada