buumaa

Gagauz

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (bogmaq) and Ottoman Turkish بوغمق (boğmak), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bog-. Compare Turkish boğmak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buːˈmɑː/
  • Hyphenation: buu‧maa

Verb

buumaa

  1. (transitive) to strangle, to choke
  2. (transitive) to drown
  3. (figurative, transitive) to completely submerge underwater
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