buit

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch buit, from Middle Low German büte.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bœi̯t/
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Noun

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buit (uncountable)

  1. The booty, spoils.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vocitum.

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Adjective

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buit (feminine buida, masculine plural buits, feminine plural buides)

  1. vacant
  2. empty

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Noun

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buit m (plural buits)

  1. empty space; gap
  2. vacuum
  3. void

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Further reading

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Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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16th century, borrowed from Middle Low German büte, whence also German Beute and eventually all other related forms. Of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly a Celtic borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (victory, booty, spoils).[1] If so, related to the name of Boudica, a British Celtic queen.[2] [3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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buit m (uncountable)

  1. the spoil, booty taken by violence, as in war
  2. the loot, fruits of crime
  3. a hunter's prey
  4. the gains, as in a game of chance

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: buit
  • West Frisian: bût, bút

References

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  1. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
  2. ^ Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (buit, supplement)
  3. ^ Rolleston, T.W. (2018): Celtic Mythology