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búa

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse búa, from Proto-Germanic *būaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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búa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative bjó, third-person plural past indicative bjuggu, supine búið)

  1. (intransitive) to reside, to live
    Synonym: eiga heima
    Ég í Þýskalandi.
    I live in Germany.
    Þar sem ég .
    In my neck of the woods.
  2. (intransitive) to run a farm or home
    Synonym: reka bú
    Hann er hættur búa.
    He has given up farming.
  3. to prepare [with accusative]
    Synonym: útbúa
  4. (impersonal) used in set phrases
    Honum býr eitthvað í brjósti.
    There is something on his mind.
    (literally, “Something lives in his chest.”)

Conjugation

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búa – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur búa
supine sagnbót búið
present participle
búandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég bjó búi byggi
þú býrð bjóst búir byggir
hann, hún, það býr bjó búi byggi
plural við búum bjuggum búum byggjum
þið búið bjugguð búið byggjuð
þeir, þær, þau búa bjuggu búi byggju
imperative boðháttur
singular þú (þú), búðu
plural þið búið (þið), búiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
búast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur búast
supine sagnbót búist
present participle
búandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég býst bjóst búist byggist
þú býst bjóst búist byggist
hann, hún, það býst bjóst búist byggist
plural við búumst bjuggumst búumst byggjumst
þið búist bjuggust búist byggjust
þeir, þær, þau búast bjuggust búist byggjust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú búst (þú), bústu
plural þið búist (þið), búisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
búinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
búinn búin búið búnir búnar búin
accusative
(þolfall)
búinn búna búið búna búnar búin
dative
(þágufall)
búnum búinni búnu búnum búnum búnum
genitive
(eignarfall)
búins búinnar búins búinna búinna búinna
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
búni búna búna búnu búnu búnu
accusative
(þolfall)
búna búnu búna búnu búnu búnu
dative
(þágufall)
búna búnu búna búnu búnu búnu
genitive
(eignarfall)
búna búnu búna búnu búnu búnu

Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Germanic *būaną, whence also Old English būan, Old Frisian buwa, Old Saxon būan, Old High German būan, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (bauan).

    Verb

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    búa

    1. to reside, to live
      • 9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 1:
        Varð framgengt, / þars Fróði bjó,
        feigðarorð, / es at Fjǫlni kom. []
        The word of doom / which came upon Fjǫlnir
        was fulfilled / where Fróði lived. []
    2. to prepare
    3. to dress, decorate

    Conjugation

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    Conjugation of búa — active (strong class 7)
    infinitive búa
    present participle búandi
    past participle búinn
    indicative subjunctive
    present past present past
    1st person singular bjó búa bygga
    2nd person singular býr bjótt búir byggir
    3rd person singular býr bjó búi byggi
    1st person plural búm bjoggum, bjuggum búim byggim
    2nd person plural búið bjogguð, bjugguð búið byggið
    3rd person plural búa bjoggu, bjuggu búi byggi
    imperative present
    2nd person singular
    1st person plural búm
    2nd person plural búið
    Conjugation of búa — mediopassive (strong class 7)
    infinitive búask
    present participle búandisk
    past participle búizk
    indicative subjunctive
    present past present past
    1st person singular búmk bjoggumk, bjuggumk búmk byggumk
    2nd person singular býsk bjózk búisk byggisk
    3rd person singular býsk bjósk búisk byggisk
    1st person plural búmsk bjoggumsk, bjuggumsk búimsk byggimsk
    2nd person plural búizk bjogguzk, bjugguzk búizk byggizk
    3rd person plural búask bjoggusk, bjuggusk búisk byggisk
    imperative present
    2nd person singular búsk
    1st person plural búmsk
    2nd person plural búizk

    Descendants

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    • Icelandic: búa
    • Faroese: búgva
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: bu, bua
      • Norwegian Bokmål: bu
    • Old Swedish: bōa,
      • Swedish: bo
    • Danish: bo
      • Norwegian Bokmål: bo
    • Middle English: buen

    Tày

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    Noun

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    búa

    1. spring onion
      phjắc búa homfragrant spring onion
    2. tube; pipe
      búa mạy pjeobamboo tube
    3. (of trees) node
      búa mạybamboo node
    4. gun's barrel
      búa slủnggun barrel
    Derived terms
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    Etymology 2

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    From Chinese (). Doublet of bùa.

    Noun

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    búa (Nôm form )

    1. spell; charm
      Synonym: bùa
      búa mèng dâyspell of the wasp

    References

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    • Lương Bèn (2011), Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
    • Dương Nhật Thanh; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[3] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]
    • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910), Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[4] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

    Vietnamese

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     búa on Vietnamese Wikipedia

    Etymology

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      Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (hatchet, SV: phủ), borrowed from a form when the vowel already shifted, although likely still reasonably early.

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      (classifier cái, chiếc, cây) búa (, )

      1. hammer
        búa tạa sledgehammer
        búa liềmhammer and sickle
        Vui cái búa á! Cái đó mà vui gì!
        Fun my ass! That was anything but fun!

      Usage notes

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      Derived terms

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      Descendants

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      Tày: bủa

      See also

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