Buga

See also: buɢa, buga, and buğa

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Russian and Ukrainian Буга (Buha), perhaps from Proto-Slavic *buga.

Proper noun

Buga (plural Bugas)

  1. A transliteration of the Russian surname Буга (Buga).
  2. A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Буга (Buha).

Anagrams

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -uɡa
  • Syllabification: Bu‧ga

Etymology 1

    Borrowed from German Buge, Buck.

    Proper noun

    Buga m pers

    1. a male surname from German
    Declension
    Declension of Buga
    singular plural
    nominative Buga Bugowie, Bugi1
    genitive Bugi Bugów
    dative Budze Bugom
    accusative Bugę Bugów
    instrumental Bugą Bugami
    locative Budze Bugach
    vocative Bugo Bugowie

    1Deprecative.

    Proper noun

    Buga f (traditional married form Bużyna, traditional unmarried form Bużanka)

    1. a female surname from German
    Declension
    Declension of Buga
    singular plural
    nominative Buga Bugi
    genitive Bugi Bug
    dative Budze Bugom
    accusative Bugę Bugi
    instrumental Bugą Bugami
    locative Budze Bugach
    vocative Bugo Bugi

    Etymology 2

      Borrowed from Spanish Buga.

      Proper noun

      Buga f

      1. Buga (a city in Valle del Cauca department, Colombia)
      Declension
      Declension of Buga
      singular
      nominative Buga
      genitive Bugi
      dative Budze
      accusative Bugę
      instrumental Bugą
      locative Budze
      vocative Bugo

      Etymology 3

        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

        Proper noun

        Buga m inan

        1. genitive singular of Bug

        Further reading

        • Buga in PWN's encyclopedia
        • “Buga”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030

        Romanian

        Etymology

        From bugă.

        Proper noun

        Buga m (genitive/dative lui Buga)

        1. a surname

        References

        • Iordan, Iorgu (1983), Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎[1], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică

        Serbo-Croatian

        Etymology

        Uncertain.

        Proper noun

        Buga m anim (Cyrillic spelling Буга)

        1. a male given name

        Further reading

        • “Buga”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2026