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bui

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See also: Bui, BUI, buí, bùi, Bùi, búi, Búi, bụi, and buì

Translingual

Symbol

bui

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bongili.

See also

Wiktionary's coverage of Bongili terms

Acehnese

Thumb — bui

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bui

pig (mammal of genus Sus)

Dutch

Etymology

Of unknown origin, with no known cognates in Germanic. The word may be related to Ancient Greek φῦσα (phûsa, “blast of wind, breath”); see that entry for cognates.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bœy̯/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: bui
Rhymes: -œy̯

Noun

bui f (plural buien, diminutive buitje n)

shower (rain), or generally a bout (of bad weather such as snow)
mood, episode
(dated) gust, current of wind

Derived terms

buien
buienradar
buiig
donderbui
driftbui
hagelbui
hoosbui
huilbui
onweersbui
piekbui
regenbui
sneeuwbui
stormbui
stortbui
windbui

Descendants

Afrikaans: bui
→ German: Bö
→ Norwegian Bokmål: byge
→ Papiamentu: beis
→? Saterland Frisian: Böije
→ West Frisian: bui

References

[1]
Mann, S. E. (1963). Armenian and Indo-European: Historical Phonology. United Kingdom: Luzac, p. 42

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch boei (“buoy, shackle”), from Middle Dutch boeye, from Old French boie (“fetter, chain, clog”), from Latin boia (“(leather) collar, band, fetter”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbui̯]
Hyphenation: bui

Noun

bui (plural bui-bui)

buoy.
(colloquial) prison
Synonym: penjara

Further reading

“bui” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Adjective

bui

masculine plural of buio

Noun

bui m

plural of buio

Anagrams

ubi

Japanese

Romanization

bui

Rōmaji transcription of ぶい
Rōmaji transcription of ブイ

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian bollire and French bouillir, from Latin bulla.

Verb

bui

to boil

Mandarin

Romanization

bui

Nonstandard spelling of buì.

Usage notes

Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

boí

Verb

bui (conjunct ·bui)

third-person singular preterite absolute/conjunct of at·tá

Mutation

More information radical, lenition ...

Mutation of *bui*
radical	lenition	nasalization
bui	bui pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbui

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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bui f

(non-standard since 2012) definite singular of bu

Pazeh

Etymology

Borrowed from Taiwanese Hokkien 襪 / 袜 (boe̍h).

Noun

bui

footwear, socks

References

Paul Jen-kuei Li (李壬癸), Shigeru Tsuchida (土田滋) (2001) Pazih Dictionary (巴宰語詞典), Taipei: Academia Sinica, Institute of Linguistics.

Southeastern Tepehuan

Noun

bui

eye

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch boei.

Noun

bui

bracelet
fetter, bond

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓuj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓuj˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓuj˧˧]

Adjective

bui • (盃, 𠸟)

(obsolete) only

Yagara

Noun

bui

black snake

References

State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Brisbane Animal Words.

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