buis

• (Myanmar) /bui˧˩/
• (Longchuan) [pui⁵⁵]
• (Luxi) [pui⁵⁵]

buis

1. sun

• Inglis, Douglas, Sampu, Nasaw, Jaseng, Wilai, Jana, Thocha (2005) A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[1], Payap University, page 13

From Dutch buis.

• IPA^(key): /bœis/

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buis (plural buise, diminutive buisie)

1. tube, duct, pipe

• IPA^(key): /bœy̯s/

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• Hyphenation: buis
• Rhymes: -œy̯s

From Middle Dutch buse, of uncertain origin, plausibly representing an umlauted byform *beusju of Proto-West Germanic *beusu (“rush, bentgrass”) which gives Dutch bies. For the "television" sense, compare English tube.

buis f (plural buizen, diminutive buisje n)

1. pipe, duct
2. (slang) television

• Afrikaans: buis
• → Caribbean Javanese: bès, bèis
• → Indonesian: bis
• → West Frisian: buis

Clipping of wambuis.

buis n (plural buizen, diminutive buisje n)

1. (historical) gambeson
2. a type of coat or jacket
3. a type of blouse

• dwangbuis

From Middle Dutch buse, from Medieval Latin buscia, buza, buccia (possibly Middle Dutch loaned the Latin by way of Old French busse, buce); further etymology uncertain.

buis f (plural buizen, diminutive buisje n)

1. (historical) a buss, a type of fishing vessel

• haringbuis

• → English: buss

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

buis

1. inflection of buizen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Inherited from Old French bois, from Latin buxus.

• IPA^(key): /bɥi/

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buis m (plural buis)

1. box (tree)
2. boxwood

• pyrale du buis

• “buis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• subi

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwis/ [ˈbwis]
• Hyphenation: bu‧is

buís

1. tax

Compare Tagalog buwis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwis/ [ˈbwis]
• Hyphenation: bu‧is

buís

1. tax

buís

1. to pay tax

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbu.iːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbuː.is]

buīs

1. dative/ablative plural of bua

buís

1. tax

Borrowed from Dutch buis.

• IPA^(key): /bœy̯s/

buis c (plural buizen, diminutive buiske)

1. tube, pipe, duct

• “buis (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011