bubi

See also: Bubi, bùbì, and bùbǐ

Finnish

Noun

bubi

1. misspelling of pubi

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Bube (“boy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbubi]
• Hyphenation: bu‧bi
• Rhymes: -bi

Noun

bubi (plural bubik)

1. (archaic) little boy, laddie
2. (card games) jack, knave
3. bob haircut, bob

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	bubi	bubik
accusative	bubit	bubikat
dative	bubinak	bubiknak
instrumental	bubival	bubikkal
causal-final	bubiért	bubikért
translative	bubivá	bubikká
terminative	bubiig	bubikig
essive-formal	bubiként	bubikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	bubiban	bubikban
superessive	bubin	bubikon
adessive	bubinál	bubiknál
illative	bubiba	bubikba
sublative	bubira	bubikra
allative	bubihoz	bubikhoz
elative	bubiból	bubikból
delative	bubiról	bubikról
ablative	bubitól	bubiktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	bubié	bubiké
non-attributive possessive – plural	bubiéi	bubikéi

Possessive forms of bubi

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	bubim	bubijaim (or bubiim)
2nd person sing.	bubid	bubijaid (or bubiid)
3rd person sing.	bubija	bubijai (or bubii)
1st person plural	bubink	bubijaink (or bubiink)
2nd person plural	bubitok	bubijaitok (or bubiitok)
3rd person plural	bubijuk	bubijaik (or bubiik)

Derived terms

Compound words

• bubifrizura

Further reading

• bubi in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• bubi in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbubi/

Noun

bubi

1. plural of bubo

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bubi (Cyrillic spelling буби)

1. dative/locative singular of buba

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbubi/ [ˈbu.β̞i]
• Rhymes: -ubi
• Syllabification: bu‧bi

Etymology 1

Adjective

bubi m or f (masculine and feminine plural bubis)

1. Bube, Bubi

Noun

bubi m or f by sense (plural bubis)

1. Bube, Bubi

Noun

bubi m (uncountable)

1. Bube, Bubi (language)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bubby or booby

Noun

bubi f (plural bubis)

1. (colloquial) bubby, booby, boob, tit (a woman's breast)

   Synonyms: teta, pecho

   • 2021 February 15, Ignacio Aguirre, “‘Cuando estaba en la adolescencia me decían ‘la plana por mis bubis’: Bárbara de Regil revela que sufría trauma”, in Línea Directa‎^[1]:
   • 2017 March 16, “Lo que aman los hombres acerca de las bubis (y no es el tamaño)”, in Yo amo los zapatos‎^[2]:

Further reading

• “bubi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “bubi”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *úbubí. Equivalent to bu- +‎ -bi.

Noun

bûbí class 14

1. badness, evil
2. ugliness

Inflection

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