búa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bua"

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse búa, from Proto-Germanic *būaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuːa/
    Rhymes: -uːa

Verb

búa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative bjó, third-person plural past indicative bjuggu, supine búið)

  1. (intransitive) to reside, to live
    Synonym: eiga heima
    Ég í Þýskalandi.
    I live in Germany.
    Þar sem ég .
    In my neck of the woods.
  2. (intransitive) to run a farm or home
    Synonym: reka bú
    Hann er hættur búa.
    He has given up farming.
  3. to prepare [with accusative]
    Synonym: útbúa
  4. (impersonal) used in set phrases
    Honum býr eitthvað í brjósti.
    There is something on his mind.
    (literally, “Something lives in his chest.”)

Conjugation

búa – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur búa
supine sagnbót búið
present participle
búandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég bjó búi byggi
þú býrð bjóst búir byggir
hann, hún, það býr bjó búi byggi
plural við búum bjuggum búum byggjum
þið búið bjugguð búið byggjuð
þeir, þær, þau búa bjuggu búi byggju
imperative boðháttur
singular þú (þú), búðu
plural þið búið (þið), búiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
búast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur búast
supine sagnbót búist
present participle
búandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég býst bjóst búist byggist
þú býst bjóst búist byggist
hann, hún, það býst bjóst búist byggist
plural við búumst bjuggumst búumst byggjumst
þið búist bjuggust búist byggjust
þeir, þær, þau búast bjuggust búist byggjust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú búst (þú), bústu
plural þið búist (þið), búisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
búinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
búinn búin búið búnir búnar búin
accusative
(þolfall)
búinn búna búið búna búnar búin
dative
(þágufall)
búnum búinni búnu búnum búnum búnum
genitive
(eignarfall)
búins búinnar búins búinna búinna búinna
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
búni búna búna búnu búnu búnu
accusative
(þolfall)
búna búnu búna búnu búnu búnu
dative
(þágufall)
búna búnu búna búnu búnu búnu
genitive
(eignarfall)
búna búnu búna búnu búnu búnu

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *būaną, whence also Old English būan, Old Frisian buwa, Old Saxon būan, Old High German būan, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (bauan).

Verb

búa

  1. to reside, to live
    • 9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 1:
      Varð framgengt, / þars Fróði bjó,
      feigðarorð, / es at Fjǫlni kom. []
      The word of doom / which came upon Fjǫlnir
      was fulfilled / where Fróði lived. []
  2. to prepare
  3. to dress, decorate

Conjugation

Conjugation of búa — active (strong class 7)
infinitive búa
present participle búandi
past participle búinn
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular bjó búa bygga
2nd person singular býr bjótt búir byggir
3rd person singular býr bjó búi byggi
1st person plural búm bjoggum, bjuggum búim byggim
2nd person plural búið bjogguð, bjugguð búið byggið
3rd person plural búa bjoggu, bjuggu búi byggi
imperative present
2nd person singular
1st person plural búm
2nd person plural búið
Conjugation of búa — mediopassive (strong class 7)
infinitive búask
present participle búandisk
past participle búizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular búmk bjoggumk, bjuggumk búmk byggumk
2nd person singular býsk bjózk búisk byggisk
3rd person singular býsk bjósk búisk byggisk
1st person plural búmsk bjoggumsk, bjuggumsk búimsk byggimsk
2nd person plural búizk bjogguzk, bjugguzk búizk byggizk
3rd person plural búask bjoggusk, bjuggusk búisk byggisk
imperative present
2nd person singular búsk
1st person plural búmsk
2nd person plural búizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: búa
  • Faroese: búgva
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bu, bua
    • Norwegian Bokmål: bu
  • Old Swedish: bōa,
    • Swedish: bo
  • Danish: bo
    • Norwegian Bokmål: bo
  • Middle English: buen

Tày

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

búa

  1. spring onion
    phjắc búa homfragrant spring onion
  2. tube; pipe
    búa mạy pjeobamboo tube
  3. (of trees) node
    búa mạybamboo node
  4. gun's barrel
    búa slủnggun barrel
Derived terms
  • rặng búa
  • then búa

Etymology 2

From Chinese (). Doublet of bùa.

Noun

búa ()

  1. spell; charm
    Synonym: bùa
    búa mèng dâyspell of the wasp

References

  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Dương Nhật Thanh, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[3] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[4] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (hatchet, SV: phủ), borrowed from a form when the vowel already shifted, although likely still reasonably early.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓuə˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓuə˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓuə˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc, cây) búa • (, )

  1. hammer
    búa tạa sledgehammer
    búa liềmhammer and sickle
    Vui cái búa á! Cái đó mà vui gì!
    Fun my ass! That was anything but fun!

Usage notes

Derived terms

Descendants

Tày: bủa

See also