bual

English

Etymology

From Portuguese boal.[1]

Noun

bual (plural buals)

  1. A variety of madeira (wine) that is less sweet than malmsey

References

  1. ^ Bual, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Further reading

Anagrams

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic [Term?], borrowed from Vulgar Latin *būvalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos). Cognate with Welsh and Cornish bual.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbyːal/

Noun

bual m (plural bualed)

  1. buffalo

Mutation

Mutation of bual
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular bual vual unchanged pual
plural bualed vualed unchanged pualed

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buˈʔal/ [bʊˈʔal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: bu‧al

Noun

buwál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜀᜎ᜔) (dialectal)

  1. alternative form of buwal (fall flat on the ground)

Adjective

buál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜀᜎ᜔) (dialectal)

  1. alternative form of buwal (fallen flat on the ground)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buˈal/ [ˈbwal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: bu‧al

Noun

buál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜎ᜔)

  1. dated spelling of buwal (voile)

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh bual, from Proto-Brythonic *bʉβal, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos). Compare Breton bual.

Pronunciation

Noun

bual m (plural buail or bualod or bualau)

  1. (zoology) bison
  2. drinking horn

Mutation

Mutated forms of bual
radical soft nasal aspirate
bual fual mual unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bual”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Makian

Etymology

Cognate with Ternate bua (termite).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.al̪/

Noun

bual

  1. a termite

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics