bú

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuː]

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bú

1. moo (sound of a cow)

• bučet

• bú in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• bú in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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From a Turkic language, compare Turkish bun (“boredom, worry”).

bú (plural búk)

1. sorrow
2. grief

An onomatopoeia.

bú

1. moo (the characteristic sound made by a cow)

   Synonym: mú

   • 1954, Lőrinc Szabó, Falusi hangverseny (Village concert)‎:

     Bú, bú, bú, / boci szomorú, / de hogy feszít / tyúkjai közt a kukurikú.

     Moo, moo, moo / the little calf is blue, / but how proud is / among his hens the cock-a-doodle-doo.

From Old Norse bú (“farming, a farm, farm stock”).

• IPA^(key): /puː/
• Rhymes: -uː

bú n (genitive singular bús, nominative plural bú)

1. housekeeping
2. farm
3. estate

• (farm): býli

• búa

• IPA^(key): /bˠuː/

From Old Irish buga.

bú m (genitive singular bú, nominative plural búnna)

1. hyacinth

• bugha, butha

• bú fíniúna (“grape-hyacinth”)
• bú muc (“(wild) hyacinth, bluebell”)

Onomatopoeic.

bú!

1. boo!

• "bú" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 buga”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

bú (Zhuyin ㄅㄨˊ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 繼
2. Pinyin transcription of 轎
3. Pinyin transcription of 醪
4. Pinyin transcription of 樸

• IPA^(key): /buː/

bú

1. vocative/accusative plural of bó

From Proto-Germanic *būą.

bú n

1. (Western dialect) dwelling, household, farm, estate, housekeeping, home

• búa
• bo (Eastern dialect)

From Proto-Vietic *buːʔ ~ *puːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔbuuʔ (“to suck at the breast”); cognate with Khmer បៅ (baw) and Ruching Palaung bū. Related to vú (“breast”).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓu˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓʊw˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓʊw˦˥]

bú (𪜛)

1. to suck (at a breast) to consume milk

• bú mớm