vui

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See also: VUI, Vui, and vùi

Bavarian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • vej (West Central Bavarian, alternative pronunciation)
  • (East Central Bavarian)

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with German viel.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fui̯/ (West Central)

Adjective[edit]

vui

  1. many, much

Adverb[edit]

vui

  1. much

Italiot Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian bue, from Latin bos. Compare Sicilian voi.

Noun[edit]

vui n (Greek spelling βούι)

  1. ox

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

a vui (third-person singular present vuiește, past participle vuit) 4th conj.

  1. to make noise, roar, boom, thunder, rumble, din
  2. to swish
  3. to mutter

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Vietnamese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • (North Central Vietnam) bui

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Vietnamese ꞗui, from Proto-Vietic *t-puːj (joyful); cognate with Muong pui, Tho [Cuối Chăm] puːj¹ and Chut [Rục] təpuːj¹. Compare also Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects bui.

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 𬐩, consisting of (MC si) and (MC pwoj) (modern SV: ti bôi).

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Adjective[edit]

vui (, 𢝙, 𢠿, 𣡝, 𬐩)

  1. merry; joyful; gay
    Antonym: buồn
    niềm vuijoy

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Derived terms

Wakhi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Tajik бӯй (büy).

Noun[edit]

vui

  1. smell