búa

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to reside, to liveTemplate:jump
    Ég í Þýskalandi.
    I live in Germany.
    Þar sem ég .
    In my neck of the woods.
  2. (intransitive) to run a farm or homeTemplate:jump
    Hann er hættur að búa.
    He has given up farming.
  3. (transitive, governs the accusative) to prepareTemplate:jump
  4. (impersonal) used in set phrases
    Honum býr eitthvað í brjósti.
    There is something on his mind.

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Old Norse

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

búa

  1. to reside
  2. to prepare
  3. to dress, decorate

Conjugation

Descendants

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

Vietnamese

 búa on Vietnamese Wikipedia

Etymology

From Old Chinese (OC *paʔ) (SV: phủ).

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) búa (, )

  1. a hammer
    búa tạ
    a sledgehammer
    Vui cái búa á! Cái đó mà vui gì!
    Fun my ass! That was anything but fun!

See also