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buča

buča

See also: buca, buća, bucã, bucă, and bučā

Latvian

Buča

Noun

buča f (4th declension)

  1. (colloquial) kiss (a touch with the lips, to express love, friendship, respect, devotion)
    viņš deva tai sirsnīgu buču‎ ― he gave her a warmhearted kiss
    kad meita buču saņēmusi, tad viņa iesaucas: “tu pagāns!” un dara tā, it kā tā lūpas gribētu noslaucīt‎ ― when the girl received the kiss, she exclaimed: “you heathen!” and did as if she wanted to wipe her lips clean

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References

  1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “buča”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bût͡ʃa/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ča

Noun

bȕča f ‎(Cyrillic spelling бу̏ча)

  1. Alternative form of bȕća

References

  • “buča” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

Latin buttis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbùːtʃa/
  • Tonal orthography: búča

Noun

búča f ‎(genitive búče, nominative plural búče)

  1. (informal) head

Declension

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *bu- (with an extra onomatopoeic č(a), suggesting the sound of kissing), from Proto-Indo-European *bu- ‎(“lip”). Some researchers suggest borrowing from Germanic; the majority opinion is that this word was not borrowed. Cognates include Lithuanian bùčius, bučinỹs, Belarusian буся ‎(búsja), Bulgarian бузя ‎(búzja, “cheek”), Polish buzia ‎(“mouth; face; kiss”), Ukrainian бузя ‎(búzja, “mouth”), Middle Low German bützen, German bussen ‎(“to kiss”) (dialectal pussen), Swedish puss ‎(“kiss”), Irish bus ‎(“lip”), Albanian buzë ‎(“lip”), Latin bucca ‎(“mouth”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [butʃa]

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