buças

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian bučati (“to make a loud noise, roar”), ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *bučati (“to roar, thud”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /buˈt͡ʃas/

Verb

buças m (indefinite plural buçita, definite singular buçitur)

  1. I let out a loud noise, thud, roar
  2. (third person only) he/she/it echoes
  3. (third person only) he/she/it is heard
  4. (third person only) he/she/it breaks out, climaxes
  5. (third person only) he/she/it floods

Synonyms

References
  1. Topalli, Kolec (2017), “buças”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 260
  2. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 39
  3. Omari, Anila (2012), “buças”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, page 112
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