bu

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Abbreviation 1.2 Anagrams 2 Acehnese 2.1 Noun 3 Crimean Tatar 3.1 Pronoun 4 Danish 4.1 Verb 5 French 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Verb 6 Italian 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun 7 Lojban 7.1 Cmavo 7.1.1 Derived terms 8 Mandarin 8.1 Adverb 8.1.1 Derived terms 8.2 Pinyin syllable 8.2.1 Usage notes 9 Old Norse 9.1 Noun 9.2 References 10 Polish 10.1 Interjection 11 Scottish Gaelic 11.1 Verb 12 Swedish 12.1 Interjection 13 Turkish 13.1 Pronunciation 13.2 Pronoun 13.2.1 Declension 13.2.2 See also 14 Uzbek 14.1 Pronoun 15 Woi 15.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Abbreviation

bu

1. bushel, a unit of weight or dry measure
2. stammered version of but, usually spoken when in denial

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: bu
• UB

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[edit] Acehnese

[edit] Noun

bu

1. rice
2. commonly used to mean food in general

   Ka lheuh pajôh bu?

   Have you eaten yet?

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[edit] Crimean Tatar

[edit] Pronoun

bu

1. this

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Verb

bu

1. Imperative of bue.

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /by/, SAMPA: /by/
• Homophones: bue, bues, bus, but, bût

[edit] Verb

bu m (f bue, m plural bus, f plural bues)

1. Past participle of boire.

   J'ai bu deux verres de vin. - I have drunk two glasses of wine.

   As-tu bu? - Have you been drinking?

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

Japanese

[edit] Noun

bu m. inv.

1. A unit of length equal to 1.818 metres (歩)
2. A unit or area equal to 3.306 metres² (歩)
3. A tenth (decimal) (分)

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[edit] Lojban

[edit] Cmavo

bu

1. used (either as a suffix or following another word) to form vowel, ".", ",", and non-Lojban letterals

[edit] Derived terms

Lojban letterals

• .abu
• .ebu
• .ibu
• .obu
• .ubu
• .ybu
• denpa bu
• slaka bu

Miscellaneous

• .uibu
• joibu
• pi'ibu
• tobu
• toibu

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[edit] Mandarin

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bu (Pinyin bù/bu4, traditional and simplified 不)

1. not

   wo bu ai chi zhurou. "I don't like to eat pork."

   he tai duo kafei dui shenti bu hao. "To drink coffee too much is bad for health."

   • wo bu zhidao.

   I don't know.

2. no
   • bu changshi jiu hui yongyuan shibai.

   try no will only lose forever.

[edit] Derived terms

• bushi
• buneng
• buzai
• dabupo
• kanbujian
• libukai
• xiabulai
• niutoubuduimazui
• wuzhi bu mie dinglü

[edit] Pinyin syllable

bu

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, bū, bú, bǔ, or bù.

[edit] Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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[edit] Old Norse

[edit] Noun

bu

1. (Western dialect) dwelling.

[edit] References

• Wikipedia article Old Norse language. Accessed August 5, 2005.

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Interjection

bu

1. An onomatopoeic interjection imitating the sound of crying, usually written with two or more 'u's.

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Verb

bu

1. Past tense of is.

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Interjection

bu

1. boo; a loud exclamation intended to scare someone, usually a child.
2. boo; an exclamation used to indicate derision or disapproval of what has just occurred.

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: bu

[edit] Pronoun

bu

1. this

bu bir ev - this is a house

bunu sevmedim - I did not like this

bunlar benim kitaplarım - these are my books

[edit] Declension

[edit] See also

• şu

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[edit] Uzbek

[edit] Pronoun

bu (бу)

1. Demonstrative pronoun used to indicate a thing in the immediate vicinity of the speaker. this.
   • Bu eshik.

     This is a door. / This door.

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[edit] Woi

[edit] Noun

bu

1. knee