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See also: BUF and büf

Translingual

Symbol

buf

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bushoong.

See also

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin būfus (“owl”), probably of onomatopoeic origin; see also Ancient Greek βοῦφος (boûphos). Compare archaic Romanian buf, Spanish búho.

Pronunciation

Noun

buf m (plural bufë, definite bufi, definite plural bufët)

  1. owl
    Synonyms: hut, ulluvegë, çok, gjon, herëkeqe, lorëz, mallaurë, nikoqirth, nuveg, qokth, shpendkeq, vërkeqe

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Further reading

  • “buf”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin būfus, probably of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate to Romanian buf and Megleno-Romanian buf. Less likely from Greek μπούφος (boúfos, “eagle owl”).

Pronunciation

Noun

buf m (plural buhi)

  1. owl
  2. (figurative) fool, stupid person

References

  • Cunia, Tiberius (2010), “buf”, in Dictsiunar a Limbãljei Armãneascã (in Aromanian), Constanța: Editura Cartea Aromãnã, page 213a

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Deverbal from bufar.

Noun

buf m (plural bufs)

  1. puff (exhalation)

Etymology 2

From Italian buffo.

Noun

buf m (plural bufs)

  1. (opera) buffo

Further reading

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Late Latin būfus. Compare to Romanian buf, Aromanian buf, Macedonian був (buv) and Bulgarian бух (buh, “eagle owl”).

Pronunciation

Noun

buf m (plural buf)

  1. owl

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin būfus, probably of onomatopoeic origin.

Cognate to Aromanian buf and Megleno-Romanian buf, as well as Spanish búho. The similar terms, also in the significantly less Slavic-contact language Aromanian, speak clearly in favor of a common etymology before the dispersal of Proto-Romanian. The derivation from buh is ruled out because [h] does not change to [f] in variant formation with the only exception of preceding another consonant. Compare further to Macedonian був (buv) and Bulgarian бух (buh, “eagle owl”), as well as Ancient Greek βοῦφος (boûphos).

Pronunciation

Noun

buf m (plural bufi)

  1. (archaic) owl

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuf/ [ˈbuf]
  • Rhymes: -uf
  • Syllabification: buf

Interjection

¡buf!

  1. expresses unpleasantness

Umbrian

Noun

buf m (late Iguvine) (accusative plural)

  1. See 𐌁𐌖𐌚 (buf, “ox”).

Romanization

buf

  1. romanization of 𐌁𐌖𐌚

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