Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/buza

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

The South Slavic descendants have been related to Albanian buzë and Romanian buză, on basis of which it is speculated that all of them descend from a Balkan substratum.

If the term is of native origin, it would most likely be from the onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European *bʰewǵ- (“to blow, to swell”). Potential cognates include Lithuanian buožė (“mace”), Latvian buoze (“lump, ball”), and possibly Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly”), Thracian βυζας (vyzas, “buck”), Proto-Celtic *bukkos (“buck”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰuȷ́ás (“buck”).

From the same root, however, through other extensions are Latin bucca (“mouth”) and Latvian buča (“kiss”), Lithuanian bučinỹs (“kiss”).

Noun

*buza f

cheek, lips
Synonym: *ščeka
buzz, uproar

Declension

Declension of *buza (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*buza	*buzě	*buzy
Accusative	*buzǫ	*buzě	*buzy
Genitive	*buzy	*buzu	*buzъ
Locative	*buzě	*buzu	buzasъ, buzaxъ^*
Dative	*buzě	*buzama	*buzamъ
Instrumental	buzojǫ, buzǫ^**	*buzama	*buzami
Vocative	*buzo	*buzě	*buzy

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

*buziti (“to swell one's cheeks”)
- *buzьje (“cheeks (collectively)”)
*buz(d)ro (“fat, flesh”)
*buzestъ (“with thick cheeks”)
*buzъka (“cheek”) (diminutive)

Related terms

*buxati (“to strike, to storm”)
*trьbuхъ (“stomach”)
*puxati (“to blow”)
*puzo (“belly”)
*puz(d)ro (“gut”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: буза (buza, “uproar”)
- Ukrainian: бузі (buzi, “kiss”)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: буза (buza, “cheek”)
- Macedonian: буза (buza, “lips”)

West Slavic:
- Polish: buzia (“mouth”)
  - → Ukrainian: бузя (buzja)