bubu

See also: bubú, bùbù, bubu-, and Bubu

English

Noun

bubu (plural bubus)

1. Alternative form of boubou (“type of robe”).

Albanian

Interjection

bubu

1. alas

Asturian

Noun

bubu m (plural bubos)

1. grain

Aukan

Etymology

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

Noun

bubu

1. jaguar, Panthera onca

Central Dusun

Etymology

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

Noun

bubu

1. fish trap

Guugu Yimidhirr

Noun

bubu

1. land, dirt, place

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bubu, from Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Noun

bubu

1. fish trap

Kavalan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Noun

bubu

1. conical bamboo basket, a fish trap

References

• 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bubu/
• Rhymes: -ubu, -bu, -u

Noun

bubu (Jawi spelling بوبو, plural bubu-bubu or bubu²)

1. fish trap

Synonyms

• lukah

Descendants

• Indonesian: bubu

References

• “bubu”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN
• "bubu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Minriq

Etymology

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

Noun

bubu

1. fish trap

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bubu (Cyrillic spelling бубу)

1. accusative singular of buba

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈbu/

Noun

bubu

1. bogeyman, bugbear, monster

Sundanese

Alternative forms

• boeboe (dated, pre-1947)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bubu/
• Rhymes: -ubu, -bu, -u

Noun

bubu or ᮘᮥᮘᮥ • (bubu)

1. fish trap

Derived terms

• naheun bubu pahareup-hareup (“to borrow money from each other, lit. "to set traps opposite each other"”)

References

• 'BOEBOE', in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

bubu class V (plural mabubu class VI)

1. dumb person
2. mute person

Taroko

Noun

bubu

1. mother

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbu.bu]

Noun

bubu

1. a fin or flipper of a fish

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbu.bu]

Verb

bubu

1. (transitive) to drill, bore a hole

Conjugation

Conjugation of bubu

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tobubu	fobubu	mibubu
2nd person		nobubu	nibubu
3rd person	masculine	obubu	ibubu yobubu (archaic)
	feminine	mobubu
	neuter	ibubu

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbu.bu]

Verb

bubu

1. (transitive) to put out in the rain

References

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

Tetum

Verb

bubu

1. to swell

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Possibly from Hiri Motu tubu (“grandparent”)

Noun

bubu

1. grandparent
2. any elderly relative