bui

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

Acehnese
bui

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

Noun

bui

  1. 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)

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

Derived terms

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 (first-person possessive buiku, second-person possessive buimu, third-person possessive buinya)

  1. buoy.
  2. (colloquial) prison
    Synonym: penjara

Further reading

Italian

Adjective

bui

  1. masculine plural of buio

Noun

bui m

  1. plural of buio

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

bui

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぶい
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ブイ

Lombard

Etymology

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

Verb

bui

  1. to boil

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

Verb

bui (conjunct ·bui)

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

Mutation
Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
buibui
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/		mbui
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bui f

  1. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of bu

Pazeh

Etymology

Borrowed from Taiwanese Hokkien 襪 (boe̍h).

Noun

bui

  1. 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

  1. eye

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch boei.

Noun

bui

  1. bracelet
  2. fetter, bond

Yagara

Noun

bui

  1. black snake

References
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