bucheîn

bucheîn

Istriot

Etymology

Diminutive of buca, from Latin bucca.

Noun

bucheîn m

1. diminutive of buca; little mouth
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:

     Cu’ ’l su’ pruoprio bucheîn el me magnasse;

     With his pretty little mouth he would eat me;

Related terms

• bucun