Czech

Interjection

bú

1. moo (sound of a cow)

Hungarian

Etymology

From a Turkic language, compare Turkish bun ‎(“boredom, worry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuː]

Noun

bú ‎(plural búk)

1. sorrow
2. grief

Declension

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bú ‎(“farming, a farm, farm stock”).

Noun

bú n ‎(genitive singular bús, nominative plural bú)

1. housekeeping
2. a farm
3. an estate

Synonyms

• (farm): býli

Related terms

• búa

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish buga.

Noun

bú m ‎(genitive singular bú, nominative plural búnna)

1. hyacinth

Declension

Alternative forms

• bugha, butha

Derived terms

• bú fíniúna ‎(“grape-hyacinth”)
• bú muc ‎(“(wild) hyacinth, bluebell”)

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

bú!

1. boo!

Mutation

References

• "bú" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 buga” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Mandarin

Romanization

bú (Zhuyin ㄅㄨˊ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 繼
2. Pinyin transcription of 轎
3. Pinyin transcription of 醪
4. Pinyin transcription of 樸

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buː/

Noun

bú

1. inflection of bó:
   1. vocative plural
   2. accusative plural

Mutation

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *puːʔ

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ˀɓu˧ˀ˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ˀɓʊw˩ˀ˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ˀɓʊw˦ˀ˥]

Verb

bú

1. to suck (at a breast) to consume milk