buba

Yoruba buba

buba (plural bubas)

1. A woman's blouse worn in West African countries.

From Medieval Latin būbō (“bubo”), from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.bə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ba/

buba f (plural bubes)

1. pimple
2. pox

• (pimple): bua

• bua

• bubó

• “buba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

buba f

1. walking palm (Socratea exorrhiza)
2. floor made from the wood of the walking palm
3. floor

• “buba” in Gordon Koop, Lois Koop, Dicionário deni-português, Associação Internacional de Lingüística - SIL Brasil, 1985.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuba/

buba

1. biceps

• (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

From Proto-Slavic *bǫba.

• IPA^(key): /bûba/
• Hyphenation: bu‧ba

bȕba f (Cyrillic spelling бу̏ба)

1. bug
2. beetle

• “buba” in Hrvatski jezični portal

From Baoule buba (“bark”).[1]

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buba

1. skin
   • 1855 April 23, “De slavernij en hare gruwelen in Suriname [Slavery and its horrors in Suriname]”, in Algemeen Handelsblad‎, Amsterdam, page 4:

     Pieri me na boeba, fo na ningre

     Strip me that Negro's skin off

2. fur
3. fleece
4. peel
5. shell
6. husk
7. crust
8. bark
9. sapwood
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎:

     Kuljara va ju no habi bunne hudu, da buba soso

     Your canoe doesn't have proper wood, it's just sapwood.

10. sheath

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buba

1. yaws

• 2007, Swahili Medical Dictionary and Phrase Book, M J F Cooper

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ba/

buba

1. (stative) alternative form of boba (“to call, summon”)

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

• IPA^(key): /bù.bá/

bùbá

1. (fashion) blouse or outer garment worn by women

   Synonym: bùbá obìnrin

2. (fashion) top or outer garment worn by men

   Synonym: bùbá ọkùnrin

3. (fashion) inner garment worn by men typically under an agbada