buit

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch buit, from Middle Low German büte.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bœi̯t/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

buit (uncountable)

  1. The booty, spoils.

Derived terms

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vocitum.

Pronunciation

Adjective

buit (feminine buida, masculine plural buits, feminine plural buides)

  1. vacant
  2. empty

Antonyms

Derived terms

Noun

buit m (plural buits)

  1. empty space; gap
  2. vacuum
  3. void

References

    Further reading

    Dutch

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    16th century, borrowed from Middle Low German büte, whence also German Beute and eventually all other related forms. Of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly a Celtic borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“victory, booty, spoils”).[1] If so, related to the name of Boudica, a British Celtic queen.[2] [3]

    Pronunciation
    • IPA(key): /bœy̯t/
    • audio (Belgium)(file)
    • Hyphenation: buit
    • Rhymes: -œy̯t

    Noun

    buit m (uncountable)

    1. The spoil, booty taken by violence, as in war.
    2. The loot, fruits of crime.
    3. A hunter's prey.
    4. The gains, as in a game of chance.

    Derived terms

    Descendants
    • Afrikaans: buit
    • → West Frisian: bût, bút

    References
    1. Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
    2. Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (buit, supplement)
    3. Rolleston, T.W. (2018): Celtic Mythology
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