-bu

See also: bu and Appendix:Variations of "bu"

Japanese

Romanization

-bu

Rōmaji transcription of ぶ

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse búi m (“inhabitant”).

Suffix

-bu

Used to create demonyms denoting people from wherever the first part suggests.
(botany) -oecious Used to form adjectives denoting the arrangement of sexual organs in plants.

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -bu