bucha
التعريفات والمعاني
== French ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Homophones: buchas, buchât
=== Verb ===
bucha
third-person singular past historic of bucher
== Polish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -uxa
Syllabification: bu‧cha
=== Etymology 1 ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
==== Noun ====
bucha f
(Kuyavia) cloak or long dress without a waist
Synonym: dęty płaszcz
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
bucha
third-person singular present of buchać
=== Further reading ===
Józef Bliziński (1860), “bucha”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 620
Oskar Kolberg (1867), “bucha”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 268
Władysław Matlakowski (1892), “bucha”, in Słownik wyrazów ludowych zebranych w Czerskiem i na Kujawach (in Polish), Kraków: nakł. Akademii Umiejętności; Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego pod zarządem A. M. Kosterkiewicza, page 2
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Uncertain, possibly from Old French bousche.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -uʃɐ
Hyphenation: bu‧cha
=== Noun ===
bucha f (plural buchas)
wad (soft seal used in shotgun cartridges and cannons)
tampion
appetizer
Synonyms: aperitivo, (Brazil) tira-gosto
(colloquial) mouthful, morsel
Synonym: bocado
(colloquial) the hub of a bullock cart
loofah (tropical vine of the genus Luffa)
(by extension) loofah (the fruit of this vine)
(by extension) loofah (the fruit's dried fiber)
(by extension, colloquial, Brazil) bath sponge
(engineering) bushing
(engineering) dowel
(electrical engineering) sleeve
(colloquial) scam
(colloquial) nuisance
(colloquial, Portugal) swindle
(colloquial, Brazil) a piece of cloth that serves as a flame source for a sky lantern
==== Descendants ====
→ Gujarati: બૂચ (būc)
→? Sindhi: ٻوچ (ḇūcu)
=== Noun ===
bucha m or f by sense (plural buchas)
(derogatory) fatty (fat person)
(derogatory, Brazil) weak or worthless person
=== Adjective ===
bucha m or f (plural buchas)
(derogatory) fat
(colloquial) annoying
(derogatory, Brazil) weak or worthless
=== References ===
“bucha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“bucha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
“bucha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
“bucha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Swahili ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English butcher.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
bucha class IX (plural bucha class X)
butcher
Synonym: mchinjaji
butchery