# bu
## English
### Noun

bu
* Abbreviation of bushel (a unit of weight or dry measure).
* Clipping of bureau.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

### Anagrams

* UB

## Acehnese
### Noun

bu
* rice
* food in general
    Ka lheuh pajôh bu?Have you eaten yet?

## Äiwoo
### Noun

bu
* night

### References

* Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

## Amanab
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mbu/

### Noun

bu
* water

### References

* John R. Roberts, Namia and Amanab Grammar Essentials (1992, SIL)

## Amasi
### Noun

bú
* dog (canine)

### References

* Africana Marburgensia (1973)

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bu(-n) (“this”) Compare Old Turkic 𐰉𐰆 (b¹u /⁠bu⁠/, “this”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bu/
* Audio:(file)

### Determiner

bu
* this, these
    Bu uşaqlar məktəbə gedirlər. ― These kids are going to school.
    Mən bu uşağın atası deyiləm. ― I am not the father of this child.

#### Usage notes

* When used as a determiner modifying nouns, bu is not declined for case and number, as opposed to when it is used as a pronoun (see below).

### Pronoun

bu
* this
    Bunu bura kim gətirib? ― Who brought this here?.
    Ya bunlarla əməkdaşlıq etmək lazımdır, ya onlarla. Hamısı ilə yox.We should collaborate either with these or with those. Not with all.
* he, she

#### See also

* o (“that”)

### References

* ↑ . Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bu(-n)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

## Bukawa
### Noun

bu
* water

### References

* William Eckermann, A Descriptive Grammar of the Bukawa Language of the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea (2007)

## Crimean Tatar
### Pronoun

bu
* this

## Dalmatian
### Etymology

From Latin bōs, bovem.

### Noun

bu m (plural buč)
* ox

## Danish
### Verb

bu
* imperative of bue

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /by/
* Audio (Canada):(file)
* Homophones: bue, bues, bus, but, bût

### Participle

bu (feminine bue, masculine plural bus, feminine plural bues)
* past participle of boire
    J'ai bu deux verres de vin. - I have drunk two glasses of wine.
    As-tu bu? - Have you been drinking?

## Gresi
### Noun

bu
* water

### References

* Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 111

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese vós. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bo.

### Pronoun

bu
* you (second person singular).

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Clipping of ibu.

### Noun

bu (plural bu-bu)
* (slightly informal, between two speakers) mam

## Italian
### Etymology 1

From Japanese 歩 (bu).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbu/
* Rhymes: -u
* Hyphenation: bù

#### Noun

bu m (invariable)
* a unit of length equal to 1.818 metres (歩)
* a unit or area equal to 3.306 metres$^2$ (歩)

### Etymology 2

From Japanese 分 (bu).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbu/
* Rhymes: -u
* Hyphenation: bù

#### Noun

bu m (invariable)
* a tenth (decimal) (分)

## Jabem
### Noun

bu
* water

### Further reading

* Otto Dempwolff's Grammar of the Jabêm Language in New Guinea (published 2005)

## Japanese
### Romanization

bu
* The hiragana syllable ぶ (bu) or the katakana syllable ブ (bu) in Hepburn romanization.

## Kapauri
### Noun

bu
* water

### References

* Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 115

## Kemtuik
### Noun

bu
* water

### References

* Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 111

## Lower Sorbian
### Verb

bu
* second-person singular passive of byś
* third-person singular passive of byś

## Makasar
### Alternative forms

* buwu

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bu/, [ɓu]
* Hyphenation: bu

### Noun

bu (Lontara spelling ᨅᨘ)
* fish trap

#### Compounds

* bu lompo
* bu saʼrang

### Further reading

* A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎, Brill, →DOI

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bu/

### Noun

bu
* mother

#### See also

* ibu (full)
* emak

## Maltese
### Etymology

From Arabic أَبُو (ʔabū), construct state of أَب (ʔab, “father”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /buː/

### Noun

bu m (plural abwa or but, feminine omm)
* (obsolete) father
    Synonym: missier

#### Usage notes

* The word had the same syntactic constraints as ħu (“brother”), which compare.
* As in Arabic, the word was often used figuratively to associate a person with some object or activity. Therefore, in the remaining compounds bu typically means “the one with...”, “the one that is...”, “the one who always...”, rather than literally “father”.

#### Derived terms

* bugħaddas
* bugħarwien
* bumellies
* bumnieħer
* bumunqar
* bunemmiel
* bunittien
* bunixxiefa
* buqarrieq
* buqexrem
* Buttiġieġ

## Mandarin
### Romanization

bu
* Nonstandard spelling of bū.
* Nonstandard spelling of bú.
* Nonstandard spelling of bǔ.
* Nonstandard spelling of bù.

#### 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.

## Mekwei
### Noun

bu
* water

### References

* Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 111

## Middle High German
### Alternative forms

* bou

### Etymology

Inherited from Old High German bū, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *būą. From būwen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈbuː/

### Noun

bū m or n
* building
    Dem manne ist baʒ mit bouwe dan er mit swerten houwe ab den vînden ritters prîs.(please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Descendants

* German: Bau

### References

* "bū" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

## Mlap
### Noun

bu
* water

### References

* Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 111

## Nga La
### Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ɓuu, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pru(w).

### Noun

bu
* nest

### References

* Matu (Chin) Dictionary by Ropna Saruum, Matupi 2007

## Nias
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS.

### Noun

bu (mutated form mbu)
* hair
* fur
* feather

### References

* Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 37.

## Nimboran
### Noun

bu
* water

### References

* Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 110

## Norman
### Verb

bu
* past participle of baithe

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʉː/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse búa (“to prepare, finish, make preparations, equip”), from Proto-Germanic *būaną. Cognate with Old English būan, English buwa, Old Saxon būan and Old High German būan (whence German bauen).

#### Verb

bu (present tense bur, past tense budde, past participle butt/budd, passive infinitive buast, present participle buande, imperative bu)
* (intransitive) to live (have permanent residence), stay
* (intransitive) to be, to dwell, to be in
* (transitive) to prepare

##### Derived terms

* -bu
* buar
* bubil
* budd
* buen
* bufellesskap
* buing
* bukollektiv
* bumiljø
* bunad
* buplass
* buplikt
* buutgift
* førebu
* hærbu
* seglbu
* vernebu

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse bú n, from Proto-Germanic *būą n (“building, dwelling”).

#### Noun

bu n (definite singular buet, indefinite plural bu, definite plural bua)
* an estate, belongings

##### Derived terms

* akkordbu
* budeie
* budrått
* bufar
* bufast
* bufe
* buferd
* buføre
* buhund
* bumann
* bumerke
* buorm
* bureisar
* bureising
* burot
* busetja
* busetnad
* busetta
* bustad
* bustein
* butare
* dødsbu
* fallittbu
* konkursbu
* sambu
* setja bu
* setta bu

##### Related terms

* bu (verb)
* byggja, byggje, bygga, bygge (verb)

### Etymology 3

From Old Norse búð, from Proto-Germanic *bōþō. Akin to English booth.

#### Alternative forms

* bud (non-standard since 1917)

#### Noun

bu f (definite singular bua, indefinite plural buer, definite plural buene)
* booth, stall, small storage room or building
* (rare) a shop or a workshop

##### Derived terms

* brorbu
* fiskarbu
* fiskebu
* fjølbu
* fjølebu
* handelsbu
* høybu
* kakebu
* kjellarbu
* krambu
* kvilebu
* loftbu
* loftsbu
* matbu
* pakkbu
* pølsebu
* reiskapsbu
* sengbu
* sengebu
* seterbu
* sjøbu
* stolpebu
* stølsbu
* tollbu
* vaktbu
* vedbu
* veidebu

### Etymology 4

From English boo.

#### Interjection

bu
* boo! Used to indicate derision or disapproval.

##### Derived terms

* bua, bue (verb)

### References

* “bu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* -bu, ub.

## Old English
### Determiner

bū
* neuter nominative/accusative singular of beġen

## Old French
### Noun

bu oblique singular, m (oblique plural bus, nominative singular bus, nominative plural bu)
* chest; thorax

### References

* Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX$^e$ au XV$^e$ siècle (1881) (bu)

## Pa
### Noun

bu
* (woman's) breast

### References

* transnewguinea.org, citing McElhanon and Voorhoeve (1970), Shaw (1973) and Shaw (1986)
* Possible Cognates Between Kamula and Pa, chart 10, page 16, in Papers in New Guinea Linguistics, issues 17-20 (1990)

## Pangutaran Sama
### Noun

bu
* fur

## Pnar
### Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *buː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔbuuʔ; related to ymbu (“breast”). Cognate with Khmer បៅ (baw), Old Mon 'bow (whence modern Mon မဴ), Vietnamese bú.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bu/

### Verb

bu
* to suck, to suckle

## Polish
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbu/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -u
* Syllabification: bu

### Interjection

bu
* an onomatopoeic interjection imitating the sound of crying, usually written with two or more 'u's

### Further reading

* bu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbu/

### Interjection

bu!
* boo (loud exclamation intended to scare someone)

## Romagnol
### Verb

bu
* past participle of avér (“to have”)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Interjection

bu
* sound made by an ox
* hoot; sound made by an owl

## Rukai
### Noun

bu
* bow (weapon for shooting arrows)

## Salar
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bu(-n).

### Noun

bu (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])
* this

### References

Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “bu”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pu/, /pə/
* Hyphenation: bu

### Verb

bu
* past/conditional of is

#### Usage notes

* Before a word beginning with a vowel or fh, the form b' is used.

### References

* Colin Mark (2003) “bu”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 96

## Sentani
### Noun

bu
* water

### References

* H. K. J. Cowan, Grammar of the Sentani Language (1965, ’s-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Verb

bu (Cyrillic spelling бу)
* (Kajkavian) third-person singular future of biti

## Spanish
### Interjection

bu
* boo!

### Further reading

* “bu”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʉː/
* Rhymes: -ʉː

### Interjection

bu
* boo; a loud exclamation intended to scare someone, usually a child.
    Bu! Blev du rädd?Boo! Were you scared?
* boo; an exclamation used to indicate derision or disapproval of what has just occurred.

#### Derived terms

* bua
* säga varken bu eller bä (“say neither this nor that (not express an opinion)”)

### References

* bu in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* bu in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* bu in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tabla
### Noun

bu
* water

### References

* Kenneth Gregerson, Margaret Hartzler, Towards a Reconstruction of Proto-Tabla-Sentani Phonology, Oceanic Linguistics, volume 26, numéro 1/2, 1987, pages 1-29, page 7

## Talysh
### Etymology

Cognate with Persian بو (bu).

### Noun

bu
* smell

## Tarao
### Noun

bu
* rice

#### Derived terms

* bular (“famine”)

### References

* Chungkham Yashwanta Singh (2002) Tarao Grammar (in Tarao)

## Tat
### Etymology

Cognate with Persian بو (bu).

### Noun

bu
* smell

## Tedim Chin
### Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ɓuu, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pru(w).

### Noun

bu
* nest

### References

* Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بو (bu, “this”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (bu, “this”), from Proto-Turkic *bu(-n) (“this”). Compare Old Turkic 𐰉𐰆 (b¹u /⁠bu⁠/, “this”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bu/
* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

bu
* this
    Bu bir ev. ― This is a house.
    Bunu sevmedim. ― I did not like this.
    Bunlar benim kitaplarım. ― These are my books.

#### Declension
### Determiner

bu
* this
    Bu kitaplar benim. ― These books are mine.

#### Derived terms

* bugün
* bunca
* bunlu
* bunsuz

#### See also

* şu
* o

## Upper Sorbian
### Verb

bu
* second/third-person singular passive of być

## Uzbek

Other scripts :
| Yangi Imlo | |
| Cyrillic | бу‍ |
| Latin | ‍ |
| Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan) | |

### Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai بو (bū /⁠bu⁠/, “this”), from Proto-Turkic *bu (“this”). Cognate with Uyghur بۇ / bu / бу; Turkish bu, etc.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʊ/, [bʊ]
* Hyphenation: bu

### Pronoun

bu (plural bular)
* this (demonstrative pronoun used to indicate a thing in the immediate vicinity of the speaker)
    Antonym: u

### Determiner

bu
* this
    Antonym: u
    Bu sahifada hozircha hech qanday matn yoʻq.There is currently no text in this page. /This page currently has no text.

#### Derived terms

* bugun (“today”)

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

(classifier cái) bu • (𥮉)
* kind of chicken coop

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

bu • (𡜵, 哺, 󰊿)
* (uncommon, rustic Northern Vietnam) mom; mother
** 1925, Nguyễn Lân, Cậu bé nhà Quê, page 21:Bỗng đâu thấy có tiếng trẻ vừa khóc vừa gọi ầm ỹ: «Bu ơi !, bu ơi !, bu dậy đi !, bu ơi !, khổ quá giời ơi !! làm sao bu tôi không thưa thế này, bu ơi !»Suddenly there was a loud child's wail: "Mom! Please wake up! Mom! Oh god! Why aren't you answering me mom!"

##### See also

* mẹ, mạ, mệ, má, bầm

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Alternative forms

* (Northern Vietnam) bâu (dipthongized)

#### Verb

bu • (咆, 蚫)
* (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to assemble, to gather into one place

##### Derived terms

* ruồi bu kiến đậu

## Wakhi
### Etymology

From *dvu, related to Tajik ду (du).

### Numeral

bu
* two

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /bɨː/
* (South Wales) IPA: /biː/

### Verb

bu
* third-person singular preterite of bod

### Mutation

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

## Woi
### Noun

bu
* knee

## Zou
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bu˧/

#### Verb

bu
* (transitive) to hide

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bu˧˥/

#### Noun

bú
* nest
* cottage, hut

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bu˧˩/

#### Noun

bù
* cooked rice

### References

* Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 62