Hiligaynon

Noun

búhò ‎(diminutive buhô-buhò)

1. crevice, hole, opening, perforation, pit, vent

Old Spanish

Etymology

Irregularly from the Latin nominative būbō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbu.o]

Noun

buho m (plural buhos)

1. owl
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 108r.

     […] la uertud de figura de mugier q́ ua antella un ninno. ¬ tiene ſolos pies un buho, ¬ ſobre ſu cabeça eſtas figuras de letras.

     […] the virtue of the figure of a woman and a child before her, and under her feet an owl, and over her head the shapes of these letters.

Descendants

• Spanish: búho

Spanish

Noun

buho

1. Misspelling of búho.