buča

From Proto-Baltic *bu- (with an extra onomatopoeic č(a), suggesting the sound of kissing), from Proto-Indo-European *bu- (“lip”). Some researchers suggest borrowing from Germanic; the majority opinion is that this word was not borrowed. Cognates include Lithuanian bùčius, bučinỹs, Belarusian бу́ся (búsja), Bulgarian бу́зя (búzja, “cheek”), Polish buzia (“mouth; face; kiss”), Ukrainian бу́зя (búzja, “mouth”), Middle Low German bützen, German bussen (“to kiss”) (dialectal pussen), Swedish puss (“kiss”), Irish bus (“lip”), Albanian buzë (“lip”), Latin bucca (“mouth”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [butʃa]

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buča f (4th declension)

1. (colloquial) kiss (a touch with the lips, to express love, friendship, respect, devotion)

   Synonym: skūpsts

   viņš deva tai sirsnīgu buču ― he gave her a warmhearted kiss

   kad meita buču saņēmusi, tad viņa iesaucas: “tu pagāns!” un dara tā, it kā tā lūpas gribētu noslaucīt ― when the girl received the kiss, she exclaimed: “you heathen!” and did as if she wanted to wipe her lips clean

• bučot

• IPA^(key): /bût͡ʃa/
• Hyphenation: bu‧ča

bȕča f (Cyrillic spelling бу̏ча)

1. alternative form of bȕća

• “buča”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From Latin buttis.

• IPA^(key): /bùːt͡ʃa/

búča f

1. pumpkin, squash
2. (informal) head

• “buča”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025