bua

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.a/

Childish variant of buba (“pimple”), from Medieval Latin būbō (“bubo”), from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).

bua f (plural bues)

1. pimple
2. (childish) badness

• bona bua
• mala bua

Alteration of gúa.

bua f (plural bues)

1. (archaic, nautical, metrology) A unit of length used in measuring ships. Approximately the same as a yard, it was defined as 4 pams (“spans”).

• cana (“fathom”)
• pam (“span”)

From Proto-Turkic *buka.

bua (definite accusative {{{1}}}, plural {{{2}}})

1. ox

From Portuguese voar. Cognates with Kabuverdianu bua.

bua

1. to fly (in the sky)

• buaidh (superseded)

From Old Irish búaid; compare Scottish Gaelic buaidh, Breton buz, Welsh budd.

• IPA^(key): /bˠuə/

bua m (genitive singular bua, nominative plural buanna)

1. (sports, competition) victory, win
2. talent, gift, faculty, forte (ability)
3. merit
4. destiny

• beir bua, beir bua agus beannacht
• ollbhua

bua

1. analytic subjunctive of buaigh

• “1 búaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “buaiḋ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 95.
• "bua" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “bua” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “bua” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

• Rhymes: -ua

bua f (plural bue)

1. (childish) pain, discomfort

From Portuguese voar.

bua

1. to fly (in the sky)

Onomatopoeia

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.a/, [ˈbʊ.a]

bua f (genitive buae); first declension

1. The sound made by infants when asking for their drink; baba.

• vinibua

• papa
• pappa

• bua in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

bua

1. sarong; blanket

bua f

1. definite singular of bu

From Proto-Austronesian *buaq (compare Malay buah, Hawaiian hua).

bua

1. fruit