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buz

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See also: buź, büz, bűz, and Buż

English

Pronunciation

Noun

buz (countable and uncountable, plural buzzes)

  1. Obsolete form of buzz (humming sound).
    • 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XXV, in Mansfield Park: [], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: [] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, [], →OCLC:
      As soon as a general buz gave him shelter, he added, in a low voice directed at Fanny, []
    • 1831, James Rennie, Insect Architecture: Volume 3, page 90:
      The buz of flies has been found no less difficult to explain than the hum of bees.
  2. Obsolete form of buzz (counting game, fizz-buzz).
    • 1876, Ballou's Monthly Magazine, volume 44, page 590:
      [] and finally, laughing and all tired out, they stopped to rest and to think of some other game. They played “Buz” till they were rested, and then “Genteel Lady,” where every time a little girl made a mistake she had to have a lamplighter stuck in her hair.

Verb

buz (third-person singular simple present buzzes, present participle buzzing, simple past and past participle buzzed)

  1. Obsolete form of buzz.
    • 1817, Thomas Love Peacock, Melincourt:
      Buz the bottle.

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Azerbaijani

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Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *būŕ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

buz (definite accusative buzu, plural buzlar)

  1. ice

Declension

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More information nominative, singular ...

Derived terms

References

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Breton

Noun

buz m

  1. victory
  2. profit

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *būŕ.

Noun

buz

  1. ice
    Synonym: (northern dialect) muz

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

References

Gagauz

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Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *būŕ.

Noun

buz (definite accusative buzu, plural buzlar)

  1. ice

Declension

More information singular (tekil), plural (çoğul) ...
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Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *būŕ. Cognate to Crimean Tatar buz, Karachay-Balkar буз (buz), Kumyk буз (buz), etc.

Noun

buz

  1. ice

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “buz”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish buz.

Noun

buz

  1. ice
    Synonym: yelo

Derived terms

Adjective

buz

  1. icy

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from English boots.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buːt͡s/
  • Rhymes: -uːt͡s

Noun

buz m (collective, singulative buza, plural bwiez or buzien or (plural of plural) buzijiet, paucal buziet)

  1. pair of boots
    • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
      Kelli buz wellington twil sa rkobbtejja li bih stajt ngħaddi nċaflas mill-għadajjar []
      I wore long Wellington boots up to my knees, with which I could wade through the puddles []
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Turkish

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Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بوز (buz), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *būŕ.

Compare Mongolian мөс (mös, ice). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

buz (definite accusative buzu, plural buzlar)

  1. ice

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

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Turkmen

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More information Other scripts, Latin ...

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *būŕ.

Noun

būz (definite accusative buzy, plural būzlar)

  1. ice

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Further reading

  • buz” in Enedilim.com
  • buz” in Webonary.org
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