English

Alternative forms

• ’Ba, Boa, Boua, Bwa

Proper noun

Bua

1. A language spoken in Chad

Anagrams

• Abu

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• buadh (superseded)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

• ollbhua

Verb

bua

1. analytic subjunctive of buaigh

Mutation

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.a/, [ˈbʊ.a]

Noun

bua f ‎(genitive buae); first declension

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

Related terms

• vinibua

See also

• papa
• pappa

References

• bua in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press