bubu

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See also: bubú and bùbù

Albanian[edit]

Interjection[edit]

bubu

  1. alas

Asturian[edit]

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Noun[edit]

bubu m (plural bubos)

  1. grain

Aukan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from Kongo m-bùubu (“dread, something dreadful, darkness”).[1] Compare Saramaccan bubú (“jaguar”) and Sranan Tongo bubu (“bogeyman”).

Noun[edit]

bubu

  1. jaguar, Panthera onca

References[edit]

  1. ^ Norval Smith (2015) “A preliminary list of probable Kikongo (KiKoongo) lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 428

Guugu Yimidhirr[edit]

Noun[edit]

bubu

  1. land, dirt, place

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Noun[edit]

bubu

  1. fish trap

Kavalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Noun[edit]

bubu

  1. conical bamboo basket, a fish trap

References[edit]

  • Paul Jen-kuei Li (李壬癸), Shigeru Tsuchida (土田滋) (2006) Kavalan Dictionary (噶瑪蘭語詞典) (Language and Linguistics Monograph Series; A-19)‎[1], Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica

Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayic *bubu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubu, from Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bubu (Jawi spelling بوبو, plural bubu-bubu, informal 1st possessive bubuku, 2nd possessive bubumu, 3rd possessive bubunya)

  1. fish trap

Synonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Indonesian: bubu

References[edit]

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Noun[edit]

bubu

  1. accusative singular of buba

Sranan Tongo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from Kongo m-bùubu (“dread, something dreadful, darkness”).[1] Compare Aukan bubu (“jaguar”) and Saramaccan bubú (“jaguar”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bubu

  1. bogeyman, bugbear, monster

References[edit]

  1. ^ Norval Smith (2015) “A preliminary list of probable Kikongo (KiKoongo) lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 428

Swahili[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun[edit]

bubu (ma class, plural mabubu)

  1. dumb person
  2. mute person

Taroko[edit]

Noun[edit]

bubu

  1. mother

Ternate[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bubu

  1. a fin or flipper of a fish

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

bubu

  1. (transitive) to drill, bore a hole
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of bubu
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tobubu fobubu mibubu
2nd nobubu nibubu
3rd Masculine obubu ibubu, yobubu†
Feminine mobubu
Neuter ibubu
† - archaic

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

bubu

  1. (transitive) to put out in the rain

References[edit]

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tetum[edit]

Verb[edit]

bubu

  1. to swell

Tok Pisin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Hiri Motu tubu (“grandparent”)

Noun[edit]

bubu

  1. grandparent
  2. any elderly relative
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