buba

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See also: bubă, Bubă, búba, búbá, and búba

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Yoruba buba.

Noun

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buba (plural bubas)

  1. A woman's blouse worn in West African countries.

Catalan

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Etymology

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Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin būbō (bubo), from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, groin, swelling).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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buba f (plural bubes)

  1. pimple
    Synonym: bua
  2. pox

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Dení

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Noun

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buba f

  1. walking palm (Socratea exorrhiza)
  2. floor made from the wood of the walking palm
  3. floor

References

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  • “buba” in Gordon Koop, Lois Koop, Dicionário deni-português, Associação Internacional de Lingüística - SIL Brasil, 1985.

Gamilaraay

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buba

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Noun

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buba

  1. biceps

References

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  • (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bǫba.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bûba/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ba

Noun

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bȕba f (Cyrillic spelling бу̏ба)

  1. bug
  2. beetle

Declension

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References

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  • buba” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Compare Yoruba bùbá (outer garment), Baoule bui (bark (skin)), Kongo búuba (outfit; small piece of cloth worn by a woman), Mandinka bubá (blouse), Wolof buba (garments), possibly ultimately from Proto-Niger-Congo *-kwuba (skin (bark, husk)). [1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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buba

  1. skin
    • 1855 April 23, “De slavernij en hare gruwelen in Suriname [Slavery and its horrors in Suriname]”, in Algemeen Handelsblad[2], Amsterdam, page 4:
      Pieri me na boeba, fo na ningre
      Strip me that Negro's skin off
  2. (by extension), skin colour, race
    • 1985, “Mi Dren (I Shall Be Released)”, in Anne-Marie Hunsel (lyrics), Bob Dylan (music), Mi Dren (I Shall Be Released)[3], performed by Anne-Marie Hunsel:
      Ini mi dren mi ben syi / fa Srananman ben makandra / Ala buba ben kon na wan / Ke Masra, mi winsi a ben de tru
      In my dream, I saw / how the Surinamese were getting along / All races had united / Oh Lord, I wish it were true
  3. fur, fleece
  4. peel
  5. shell, husk, crust, bark
  6. sapwood
    • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎[4], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:
      Kuljara va ju no habi bunne hudu, da buba soso
      Your canoe doesn't have proper wood, it's just sapwood.
  7. sheath

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Aukan: buba
  • Saramaccan: búba

References

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  1. ^ G. Huttar (1985) “Sources of Ndjuka African vocabulary”, in New West Indian Guide[1], →ISSN, page 56

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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buba (n class, plural buba)

  1. yaws

References

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  • M J F Cooper (2007 November 15) Swahili Medical Dictionary and Phrasebook, 2nd edition, Lulu.com, page 56

West Makian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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buba

  1. (stative) alternative form of boba (to call, summon)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of buba (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tibuba mibuba abuba
2nd person nibuba fibuba
3rd person inanimate ibuba dibuba
animate mabuba
imperative —, buba —, buba

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[5], Pacific linguistics

Yoruba

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Obìnrin Yorùbá pẹ̀lú ìró àti bùbá, ìborùn àti gèlè
Ọkùnrin Yorùbá pẹ̀lú bùbá, ṣòkòtò, àti fìlà

Etymology

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Compare Baoule bui (bark (skin)), Kongo búuba (outfit; small piece of cloth worn by a woman), Mandinka bubá (blouse), Wolof buba (garments), Sranan Tongo buba (skin), possibly ultimately from Proto-Niger-Congo *-kwuba (skin (bark, husk)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bùbá

  1. (fashion) blouse or outer garment worn by women
    Synonym: bùbá obìnrin
  2. (fashion) top or outer garment worn by men
    Synonym: bùbá ọkùnrin
  3. (fashion) inner garment worn by men typically under an agbada