bú

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuː]

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bú

1. moo (sound of a cow)

• bú in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• bú in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuː]

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• Rhymes: -buː

From a Turkic language, compare Turkish bun (“boredom, worry”).

bú (usually uncountable, plural búk)

1. (literary) sorrow, grief

An onomatopoeia.

bú

1. moo (the characteristic sound made by a cow)

   Synonym: mú

   • 1954, Lőrinc Szabó, Falusi hangverseny (Village concert)‎:

     Bú, bú, bú, / boci szomorú, / de hogy feszít / tyúkjai közt a kukurikú.

     Moo, moo, moo / the little calf is blue, / but how proud is / among his hens the cock-a-doodle-doo.

• (sorrow, grief): bú in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (moo): bú in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (archaic, folksy: synonym of bújik (“to hide [oneself]”)): bú in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• bú in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

From Old Norse bú (“farming, a farm, farm stock”).

• IPA^(key): /puː/
• Rhymes: -uː

bú n (genitive singular bús, nominative plural bú)

1. housekeeping
2. farm
3. estate

• (farm): býli

• búa

• IPA^(key): /bˠuː/

From Old Irish buga.

bú m (genitive singular bú, nominative plural búnna)

1. hyacinth

• bugha, butha

• bú fíniúna (“grape-hyacinth”)
• bú muc (“(wild) hyacinth, bluebell”)

Onomatopoeic.

bú!

1. boo!

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 buga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• bu — nonstandard

bú (bu², Zhuyin ㄅㄨˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 繼／继
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轎／轿
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 醪
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 樸／朴

• IPA^(key): /buː/

bú

1. vocative/accusative plural of bó

From Proto-Germanic *būą.

bú n

1. (Old West Norse) dwelling, household, farm, estate, housekeeping, home

• búa
• bo (Old East Norse)

From Proto-Vietic *buːʔ ~ *puːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔbuuʔ (“to suck at the breast”). Cognate with Khmer បៅ (baw), Pnar bu, Khmu [Cuang] buʔ, Shwe Palaung ဘူ, Gata' buˀ. Related to vú (“breast”), which derived from a prefixed form.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓu˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓʊw˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓʊw˦˥]

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bú • (𪜛)

1. to suck (at a breast) to consume milk

• bú mớm