buba

buba

See also: bubă, Bubă, búba, and búbá

English

Etymology

Yoruba buba

Noun

buba (plural bubas)

1. A woman's blouse worn in West African countries.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin būbō (“bubo”), from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.bə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ba/

Noun

buba f (plural bubes)

1. pimple
2. pox

Synonyms

• (pimple): bua

Derived terms

• bua

Related terms

• bubó

Further reading

• “buba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Dení

Noun

buba f

1. walking palm (Socratea exorrhiza)
2. floor made from the wood of the walking palm
3. floor

References

• “buba” in Gordon Koop, Lois Koop, Dicionário deni-português, Associação Internacional de Lingüística - SIL Brasil, 1985.

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Gamilaraay

buba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuba/

Noun

buba

1. biceps

References

• (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bǫba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bûba/
• Hyphenation: bu‧ba

Noun

bȕba f (Cyrillic spelling бу̏ба)

1. bug
2. beetle

Declension

Declension of buba

	singular	plural
nominative	bȕba	bube
genitive	bube	bȗbā
dative	bubi	bubama
accusative	bubu	bube
vocative	bubo	bube
locative	bubi	bubama
instrumental	bubom	bubama

References

• “buba” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Baoule buba (“bark”).[1]

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Noun

buba

1. skin
   • 1855 April 23, “De slavernij en hare gruwelen in Suriname [Slavery and its horrors in Suriname]”, in Algemeen Handelsblad‎, Amsterdam, page 4:

     Pieri me na boeba, fo na ningre

     Strip me that Negro's skin off

2. fur
3. fleece
4. peel
5. shell
6. husk
7. crust
8. bark
9. sapwood
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎:

     Kuljara va ju no habi bunne hudu, da buba soso

     Your canoe doesn't have proper wood, it's just sapwood.

10. sheath

References

1. https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/111/50/E5346.full.pdf

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

buba

1. yaws

References

• 2007, Swahili Medical Dictionary and Phrase Book, M J F Cooper

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West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ba/

Verb

buba

1. (stative) alternative form of boba (“to call, summon”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of buba (stative verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tibuba	mibuba	abuba
2nd person		nibuba	fibuba
3rd person	inanimate	ibuba	dibuba
	animate	mabuba
imperative		—, buba	—, buba

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

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Yoruba

Obìnrin Yorùbá pẹ̀lú ìró àti bùbá, ìborùn àti gèlè

Ọkùnrin Yorùbá pẹ̀lú bùbá, ṣòkòtò, àti fìlà

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bù.bá/

Noun

bùbá

1. (fashion) blouse or outer garment worn by women

   Synonym: bùbá obìnrin

2. (fashion) top or outer garment worn by men

   Synonym: bùbá ọkùnrin

3. (fashion) inner garment worn by men typically under an agbada