bubo

See also: Bubo, bubó, and boo-boo

English

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bubo

Wikipedia

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin būbō, from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbjuː.bəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.boʊ/, /ˈbju.boʊ/
• Rhymes: -uːbəʊ

Noun

bubo (plural bubos or buboes)

1. (pathology) An inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or groin, due to an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis, or syphilis.
   • 1661, Johann Jacob Wecker, Eighteen books of the secrets of art and nature: being the summe and substance of naturall philisophy ...‎, page 42:

     If a Bubo or Carbuncle appear, set on Leeches not far from it, if it be in an ignoble part; ...

Derived terms

• buboed
• bubonic
• bubonocele
• pseudobubo

Translations

inflamed lymph node

Catalan: bubó (ca) m Finnish: imusolmukeajos, paise (fi) French: bubon (fr) m Ido: bubono (io) Indonesian: bubo (id) Irish: cearc ascaille f, loch ascaille m, scairt ascaille f Polish: dymienica f Portuguese: bubão (pt) m Punjabi: ਸੁੰਢਾ (pa) m (suṇḍhā) Romanian: bubon (ro) n Russian: бубо́н (ru) m (bubón) Spanish: bubón m Turkish: hıyarcık (tr) Welsh: llinoryn m

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *buqbuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqbuq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuʔboʔ/ [ˈbuʔ.boʔ]
• Hyphenation: bu‧bo

Verb

bùbò

1. to pour
2. to douse; to put out; to extinguish

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbubo(ʔ)/ [ˈbu.bo(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: bu‧bo

Noun

bubo or bubò

1. box-like trap woven from bamboo slats allowing entrance but no egress, used to catch fish or monkeys

Esperanto

Etymology

From German Bube (“boy, knave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbubo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ubo
• Hyphenation: bu‧bo

Noun

bubo (accusative singular bubon, plural buboj, accusative plural bubojn)

1. urchin, waif, kid (living on street), gamin

   Hypernym: infano

   Hyponyms: bubaĉo, bubino

2. (card games) jack

See also

Playing cards in Esperanto · ludkartoj (layout · text)
aso	duo	trio	kvaro	kvino	seso	sepo
oko	naŭo	deko	fanto, bubo	damo	reĝo	ĵokero

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto bubo, German Bube.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbubo/

Noun

bubo (plural bubi)

1. urchin, waif, kid (living on street), gamin

   Hypernym: puero

   Hyponyms: bubacho, bubino, bubulo

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin būbō, from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbubo/ [ˈbu.bo]
• Rhymes: -ubo
• Syllabification: bu‧bo

Noun

bubo (plural bubo-bubo)

1. (pathology) bubo

Further reading

• “bubo”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016