# bui
## Translingual
### Symbol

bui
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bongili.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Bongili terms

## Acehnese
### Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

bui
* pig (mammal of genus Sus)

## Dutch
### Etymology

Of unknown origin, with no known cognates in Germanic. The word may be related to Ancient Greek φῦσα (phûsa, “blast of wind, breath”); see that entry for cognates.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bœy̯/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bui
* Rhymes: -œy̯

### Noun

bui f (plural buien, diminutive buitje n)
* shower (rain), or generally a bout (of bad weather such as snow)
* mood, episode
* (dated) gust, current of wind

#### Derived terms

* buien
* buienradar
* buiig
* donderbui
* driftbui
* hagelbui
* hoosbui
* huilbui
* onweersbui
* piekbui
* regenbui
* sneeuwbui
* stormbui
* stortbui
* windbui

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: bui
* → German: Bö
* → Norwegian Bokmål: byge
* → Papiamentu: beis
* →? Saterland Frisian: Böije
* → West Frisian: bui

### References

* ↑ Mann, S. E. (1963). Armenian and Indo-European: Historical Phonology. United Kingdom: Luzac, p. 42

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch boei (“buoy, shackle”), from Middle Dutch boeye, from Old French boie (“fetter, chain, clog”), from Latin boia (“(leather) collar, band, fetter”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbui̯]
* Hyphenation: bui

### Noun

bui (first-person possessive buiku, second-person possessive buimu, third-person possessive buinya)
* buoy.
* (colloquial) prison
    Synonym: penjara

### Further reading

* “bui” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Adjective

bui
* masculine plural of buio

### Noun

bui m
* plural of buio

### Anagrams

* ubi

## Japanese
### Romanization

bui
* Rōmaji transcription of ぶい
* Rōmaji transcription of ブイ

## Lombard
### Etymology

Akin to Italian bollire and French bouillir, from Latin bulla.

### Verb

bui
* to boil

## Mandarin
### Romanization

bui
* Nonstandard spelling of buì.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Middle Irish
### Alternative forms

* boí

### Verb

bui (conjunct ·bui)
* third-person singular preterite absolute/conjunct of at·tá

### Mutation
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

bui f
* (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of bu

## Pazeh
### Etymology

Borrowed from Taiwanese Hokkien 襪／袜 (boe̍h).

### Noun

bui
* footwear, socks

### References

* Paul Jen-kuei Li (李壬癸), Shigeru Tsuchida (土田滋) (2001) Pazih Dictionary (巴宰語詞典), Taipei: Academia Sinica, Institute of Linguistics.

## Southeastern Tepehuan
### Noun

bui
* eye

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch boei.

### Noun

bui
* bracelet
* fetter, bond

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔɓuj˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔɓuj˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔɓuj˧˧]

### Adjective

bui • (盃, 𠸟)
* (obsolete) only

## Yagara
### Noun

bui
* black snake

### References

* State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Brisbane Animal Words.