bubu

bubu

See also: bubú and bùbù

Albanian

Interjection

bubu

1. alas

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Asturian

Noun

bubu m (plural bubos)

1. grain

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Aukan

Etymology

Probably from Kongo m-bùubu (“dread, something dreadful, darkness”).[1] Compare Saramaccan bubú (“jaguar”) and Sranan Tongo bubu (“bogeyman”).

Noun

bubu

1. jaguar, Panthera onca

References

1. Norval Smith (2015), “A preliminary list of probable Kikongo (KiKoongo) lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 428

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Guugu Yimidhirr

Noun

bubu

1. land, dirt, place

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Noun

bubu

1. fish trap

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Kavalan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Noun

bubu

1. conical bamboo basket, a fish trap

References

• Paul Jen-kuei Li (李壬癸); Shigeru Tsuchida (土田滋) (2006) Kavalan Dictionary (噶瑪蘭語詞典) (Language and Linguistics Monograph Series; A-19)‎, Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bubu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubu, from Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bubu/
• Rhymes: -ubu, -bu, -u

Noun

bubu (Jawi spelling بوبو‎, plural bubu-bubu, informal 1st possessive bubuku, 2nd possessive bubumu, 3rd possessive bubunya)

1. fish trap

Synonyms

• lukah

Descendants

• Indonesian: bubu

References

• "bubu" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “bubu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bubu

1. accusative singular of buba

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Probably from Kongo m-bùubu (“dread, something dreadful, darkness”).[1] Compare Aukan bubu (“jaguar”) and Saramaccan bubú (“jaguar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈbu/

Noun

bubu

1. bogeyman, bugbear, monster

References

1. Norval Smith (2015), “A preliminary list of probable Kikongo (KiKoongo) lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 428

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

bubu (ma class, plural mabubu)

1. dumb person
2. mute person

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Taroko

Noun

bubu

1. mother

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Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbu.bu]

Noun

bubu

1. a fin or flipper of a fish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbu.bu]

Verb

bubu

1. (transitive) to drill, bore a hole

Conjugation

Conjugation of bubu
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tobubu	fobubu	mibubu
2nd	nobubu	nibubu
3rd	Masculine	obubu	ibubu, yobubu†
Feminine	mobubu
Neuter	ibubu
† - archaic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbu.bu]

Verb

bubu

1. (transitive) to put out in the rain

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

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Tetum

Verb

bubu

1. to swell

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

Possibly from Hiri Motu tubu (“grandparent”)

Noun

bubu

1. grandparent
2. any elderly relative