буба

Avar

Alternative forms

Noun

буба • (buba)

  1. mother; mom, mum

See also

Bulgarian

Буба на златен бръмбар (Cetonia aurata)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *buba, *bǫba. Akin to Albanian bubë (“silkworm pupa”), Latvian bubulis (“knot, node”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbubə]

Noun

бу́ба • (búba) f (related adjective бу́бен)

  1. pupa
    Synonym: какави́да (kakavída)
  2. (by extension) bug
  3. silkworm (Bombyx mori)

Declension

  • буба́р (bubár, “insect farmer”)
    • буба́рство (bubárstvo, “insect farming”)
    • буба́рник (bubárnik, “insect farm”)
  • буба́ч (bubáč, “blossom of mayweed”)
  • буболя́к m (bubolják), буболе́чка f (buboléčka, “bug”)
  • буболи́на (bubolína, “baby, small creature”) (usually appellative)
  • бъ́бна (bǎ́bna, “to swell, to form cocoon”)

References

Lezgi

Etymology

Akin to Udi баба (baba).

Noun

буба • (buba)

  1. father

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bǫba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbuba]
  • (file)

Noun

буба • (buba) f

  1. bug, beetle
  2. silkworm
  3. bogeyman
  4. (colloquial) Volkswagen Beetle

Declension

Derived terms

Verb

буба • (buba) impf (perfective набуба)

  1. (transitive) to cram, memorize

Conjugation

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bǫba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bûba/
  • Hyphenation: бу‧ба

Noun

бу̏ба f (Latin spelling bȕba)

  1. bug
  2. beetle

Declension

References

  • “буба” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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