bui

See also: buí, Búi, Bùi, bụi, and bu'i

Acehnese

bui

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

Noun

bui

1. pig (mammal of genus Sus)

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Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bœy̯/

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• Hyphenation: bui
• Rhymes: -œy̯

Noun

bui f (plural buien, diminutive buitje n)

1. shower (rain), or generally a bout (of bad weather such as snow)
2. mood
3. (dated) gust, current of wind

Derived terms

• buiig
• donderbui
• driftbui
• hagelbui
• onweersbui
• piekbui
• regenbui
• sneeuwbui
• windbui
• buienradar

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bui
• → German: Bö
• → Norwegian Bokmål: byge
• → West Frisian: bui

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch boei (“buoy, shackle”), from Middle Dutch boeye, from Old French boie (“fetter, chain, clog”), from Latin boia (“(leather) collar, band, fetter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbui̯]
• Hyphenation: bui

Noun

bui (first-person possessive buiku, second-person possessive buimu, third-person possessive buinya)

1. buoy.
2. (colloquial) prison

   Synonym: penjara

Further reading

• “bui” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Adjective

bui

1. masculine plural of buio

Noun

bui m

1. plural of buio

Anagrams

• ubi

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Japanese

Romanization

bui

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぶい
2. Rōmaji transcription of ブイ

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bui f

1. (non-standard since 2012) (deprecated template usage) definite singular of bu

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch boei.

Noun

bui

1. bracelet
2. fetter, bond

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Yagara

Noun

bui

1. black snake

References

• State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Brisbane Animal Words.