Reconstruction:Latin/bufus

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Alternative forms

*gūfus

Etymology

Onomatopoeic most likely, based on būbō (“owl”). Otherwise from unattested *būfō (“owl”), from Faliscan *būfō (“owl”) but the probability for a regional Faliscan term surviving up to Vulgar Latin of the 3rd to 6th centuries CE, despite Faliscan becoming extinct in the 2nd century BCE, is rather low. Perhaps borrowed from Ancient Greek βοῦφος (boûphos, “eagle owl”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbufʊs/

Noun

*būfus m (oblique *būfum); second declension (Proto-Romance)

owl

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/ˈbufʊs/	*/ˈbufi/
accusative	*/ˈbufu/	*/ˈbufos/
genitive-dative	*/ˈbufo/?	*/ˈbufis/

Descendants

Aromanian: buf, bufu
Galician: bufo
Megleno-Romanian: buf
Portuguese: bufo
Romanian: buf
Old Spanish: buho
- Spanish: búho
→ Albanian: buf
→ Byzantine Greek: μποῦφος (mpoûphos)
- Greek: μπούφος (boúfos)

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