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Bua

Bua

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bua"

English

Alternative forms

  • ’Ba, Boa, Boua, Bwa

Proper noun

Bua

  1. A language spoken in Chad

Anagrams

bua

bua

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bua"

Catalan

Noun

bua f (plural bues)

  1. pimple
  2. (childish) badness
Derived terms
  • bona bua
  • mala bua

Etymology 2

Alteration of gúa.

Noun

bua f (plural bues)

  1. (archaic, nautical, metrology) A unit of length used in measuring ships. Approximately the same as a yard, it was defined as 4 pams (spans).

See also

  • cana (fathom)
  • pam (span)

Gagauz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *buka.

Noun

bua (definite accusative }}}, plural }}})

  1. ox

Irish

Alternative forms

  • buadh (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish búaid; compare Scottish Gaelic buaidh, Breton buz, Welsh budd.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bˠuə/

Noun

bua m (genitive singular bua, nominative plural buanna)

  1. (sports, competition) victory, win
  2. talent, gift, faculty, forte (ability)
  3. merit
  4. destiny

Declension

Derived terms

Verb

bua

  1. analytic subjunctive of buaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bua bhua mbua
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Italian

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ua

Noun

bua f (plural bue)

  1. (childish) pain, discomfort

Latin

Etymology

Onomatopoeia

Pronunciation

Noun

bua f (genitive buae); first declension

  1. The sound made by infants when asking for their drink; baba.

Related terms

See also

References