bú
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bu"
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbuː]
Audio (file)
Interjection
bú
- moo (sound of a cow)
Related terms
- bučet
Further reading
- bú in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- bú in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbuː]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -buː
Etymology 1
From a Turkic language, compare Turkish bun (“boredom, worry”).
Noun
bú (plural búk)
- sorrow, grief
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | bú | búk |
| accusative | bút | búkat |
| dative | búnak | búknak |
| instrumental | búval | búkkal |
| causal-final | búért | búkért |
| translative | búvá | búkká |
| terminative | búig | búkig |
| essive-formal | búként | búkként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | búban | búkban |
| superessive | bún | búkon |
| adessive | búnál | búknál |
| illative | búba | búkba |
| sublative | búra | búkra |
| allative | búhoz | búkhoz |
| elative | búból | búkból |
| delative | búról | búkról |
| ablative | bútól | búktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | búé | búké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | búéi | búkéi |
| Possessive forms of bú | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | búm | búim |
| 2nd person sing. | búd | búid |
| 3rd person sing. | búja | búi |
| 1st person plural | búnk | búink |
| 2nd person plural | bútok | búitok |
| 3rd person plural | bújuk | búik |
Derived terms
- búbánat
- bús
- búslakodik
- búsul
Etymology 2
An onomatopoeia.
Interjection
bú
- moo (the characteristic sound made by a cow)
- Synonym: mú
- 1954, Lőrinc Szabó, Falusi hangverseny (Village concert):
- Bú, bú, bú, / boci szomorú, / de hogy feszít / tyúkjai közt a kukurikú.
- Moo, moo, moo / the little calf is blue, / but how proud is / among his hens the cock-a-doodle-doo.
Further reading
- (sorrow, grief): bú in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (moo): bú in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (archaic, folksy: synonym of bújik (“to hide [oneself]”)): bú in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- bú in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse bú (“farming, a farm, farm stock”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puː/
- Rhymes: -uː
Noun
bú n (genitive singular bús, nominative plural bú)
- housekeeping
- farm
- estate
Declension
declension of bú
| n-s | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bú | búið | bú | búin |
| accusative | bú | búið | bú | búin |
| dative | búi | búinu | búum | búunum |
| genitive | bús | búsins | búa | búanna |
Synonyms
- (farm): býli
Related terms
- búa
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bˠuː/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish buga.
Noun
bú m (genitive singular bú, nominative plural búnna)
- hyacinth
Declension
Declension of bú
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
|
Alternative forms
- bugha, butha
Derived terms
- bú fíniúna (“grape-hyacinth”)
- bú muc (“(wild) hyacinth, bluebell”)
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.
Interjection
bú!
- boo!
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bú | bhú | mbú |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 buga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Mandarin
Alternative forms
- bu (nonstandard)
Romanization
bú (bu2, Zhuyin ㄅㄨˊ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 繼／继.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轎／轿.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 醪.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 樸／朴.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buː/
Noun
bú
- vocative/accusative plural of bó
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| bú | bú pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ | mbú |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *būą.
Noun
bú n
- (Old West Norse) dwelling, household, farm, estate, housekeeping, home
Related terms
- búa
- bo (Old East Norse)
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *buːʔ ~ *puːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔbuuʔ (“to suck at the breast”). Cognate with Khmer បៅ (baw), Pnar bu, Khmu [Cuang] buʔ, Shwe Palaung ဘူ, Gata' buˀ. Related to vú (“breast”), which derived from a prefixed form.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓu˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓʊw˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓʊw˦˥]
Audio (Ho Chi Minh City) (file)
Verb
bú • (𪜛)
- to suck (at a breast) to consume milk
Derived terms
- bú mớm