bubu

See also: bubú, bùbù, bubu-, and Bubu

English

Noun

bubu (plural bubus)

  1. Alternative form of boubou (“type of robe”).

Albanian

Interjection

bubu

  1. alas

Asturian

Noun

bubu m (plural bubos)

  1. grain

Aukan

Etymology

Probably from Kongo m-bùubu (“dread, something dreadful, darkness”).[1] Compare Saramaccan bubú (“jaguar”) and Sranan Tongo bubu (“bogeyman”).

Noun

bubu

  1. jaguar, Panthera onca

References

  1. ^ Norval Smith (2015) “A preliminary list of probable Kikongo (KiKoongo) lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 428

Central Dusun

Etymology

From Malay bubu, Proto-Malayic *bubu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubu, from Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Noun

bubu

  1. fish trap


Guugu Yimidhirr

Noun

bubu

  1. land, dirt, place

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bubu, from Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Noun

bubu

  1. fish trap

Kavalan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Noun

bubu

  1. conical bamboo basket, a fish trap

References

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bubu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubu, from Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bubu/
  • Rhymes: -ubu, -bu, -u

Noun

bubu (Jawi spelling بوبو, plural bubu-bubu)

  1. fish trap

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: bubu

References

Minriq

Etymology

From Malay bubu, Proto-Malayic *bubu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubu, from Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Noun

bubu

  1. fish trap

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bubu

  1. accusative singular of buba

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Probably from Kongo m-bùubu (“dread, something dreadful, darkness”).[1] Compare Aukan bubu (“jaguar”) and Saramaccan bubú (“jaguar”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈbu/

Noun

bubu

  1. bogeyman, bugbear, monster

References

  1. ^ Norval Smith (2015) “A preliminary list of probable Kikongo (KiKoongo) lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 428

Sundanese

Alternative forms

  • boeboe (dated, pre-1947)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubu, from Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bubu/
  • Rhymes: -ubu, -bu, -u

Noun

bubu or ᮘᮥᮘᮥ • (bubu)

  1. fish trap

Derived terms

  • naheun bubu pahareup-hareup (“to borrow money from each other, lit. "to set traps opposite each other"”)

References

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

bubu class V (plural mabubu class VI)

  1. dumb person
  2. mute person

Taroko

Noun

bubu

  1. mother

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbu.bu]

Noun

bubu

  1. a fin or flipper of a fish

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbu.bu]

Verb

bubu

  1. (transitive) to drill, bore a hole
Conjugation
Conjugation of bubu
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tobubu fobubu mibubu
2nd person nobubu nibubu
3rd
person 		masculine obubu ibubu
yobubu (archaic)
feminine mobubu
neuter ibubu

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbu.bu]

Verb

bubu

  1. (transitive) to put out in the rain

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tetum

Verb

bubu

  1. to swell

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Possibly from Hiri Motu tubu (“grandparent”)

Noun

bubu

  1. grandparent
  2. any elderly relative
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