bu
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bu"
Aiwoo
References
- 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(key): /mbu/
References
- John R. Roberts, Namia and Amanab Grammar Essentials (1992, SIL)
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bu(-n) (“this”)[1] Compare Old Turkic 𐰉𐰆 (bu, “this”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu/
Determiner
bu
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.
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
References
- William Eckermann, A Descriptive Grammar of the Bukawa Language of the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea (2007)
Crimean Tatar
Danish
French
Gresi
References
- Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 111
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese vós. Cognates with Kabuverdianu bo.
Indonesian
Etymology
Clipping of ibu.
Jabem
Further reading
- Otto Dempwolff's Grammar of the Jabêm Language in New Guinea (published 2005)
Kapauri
References
- Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 115
Kemtuik
References
- Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 111
Mandarin
Romanization
bu
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Mekwei
References
- Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 111
Mlap
References
- Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 111
Nimboran
References
- Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 110
Norman
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʉː/
Etymology 2
From Danish bo, from Old Norse búa (“to prepare, finish, make preparations, equip”), cognate with Old English būan, English buwa, Old Saxon būan and Old High German būan (whence German bauen).
Verb
bu (imperative bu, present tense bur, past tense budde, past participle budd or butt, present participle buande)
- to live (have permanent residence), stay
- to be, to dwell, to be in
Derived terms
Old French
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bu)
Pa
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
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buː/
Interjection
bu
- An onomatopoeic interjection imitating the sound of crying, usually written with two or more 'u's.
Portuguese
Scottish Gaelic
Sentani
Swedish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʉː
Tabla
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
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 (bu, “this”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu/
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
Related terms
- bunca
- bunlu
- bunsuz
Uzbek
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓu˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓʊw˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓʊw˧˧]
Derived terms
Derived terms
- ruồi bu kiến đậu
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /bɨː/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /biː/
Westrobothnian
Woi
Zou
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