bucha

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bucha"

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbut͡ʃa/ [ˈbu.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -utʃa
• Syllabification: bu‧cha

Noun

bucha f (plural buches)

1. dialectal form of hucha

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: buchas, buchât

Verb

bucha

1. third-person singular past historic of bucher

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.xa/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): [ˈbu.xa]

• Rhymes: -uxa
• Syllabification: bu‧cha

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bucha f

1. (Kuyavia) cloak or long dress without a waist

   Synonym: dęty płaszcz

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bucha

1. third-person singular present of buchać

Further reading

• Józef Bliziński (1860), “bucha”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 620
• Oskar Kolberg (1867), “bucha”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 268
• Władysław Matlakowski (1892), “bucha”, in Słownik wyrazów ludowych zebranych w Czerskiem i na Kujawach (in Polish), Kraków: nakł. Akademii Umiejętności; Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego pod zarządem A. M. Kosterkiewicza, page 2

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• buxa (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ʃɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ʃɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ʃɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbut.ʃɐ/

• Rhymes: -uʃɐ
• Hyphenation: bu‧cha

Etymology 1

Unknown. Sources are unanimous in claiming it's a borrowing from Old French bousche, despite the term not being attested before 1673.

Noun

bucha f (plural buchas)

1. wad (soft seal used in shotgun cartridges and cannons)
2. tampion
3. appetizer

   Synonyms: aperitivo, (Brazil) tira-gosto

4. (colloquial) mouthful, morsel

   Synonym: bocado

5. (colloquial) the hub of a bullock cart
6. loofah (tropical vine of the genus Luffa)
   1. (by extension) loofah (the fruit of this vine)
   2. (by extension) loofah (the fruit's dried fiber)
   3. (by extension, colloquial, Brazil) bath sponge
7. (engineering) bushing
8. (engineering) dowel
9. (electrical engineering) sleeve
10. (colloquial) scam
11. (colloquial) nuisance
12. (colloquial, Portugal) swindle
13. (colloquial, Brazil) a piece of cloth that serves as a flame source for a sky lantern

Derived terms

• bucha da perna
• bucha de canhão

Descendants

• → Gujarati: બૂચ (būc)
  • → Sindhi: ٻوچ (ḇūcu)

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of bucha de canhão (“cannon fodder”).

Noun

bucha m or f by sense (plural buchas) (derogatory, colloquial)

1. (Portugal) fatty (fat person)
2. (Brazil) weak or worthless person

Adjective

bucha m or f (plural buchas) (derogatory, colloquial)

1. (Portugal) fat
2. (Portugal) annoying
3. (Brazil) weak or worthless

Further reading

• “bucha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bucha”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “bucha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “bucha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Swahili

Etymology

Etymology tree

English butch

Proto-Indo-European *-yōs

Proto-Germanic *-izô

Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō

Proto-Germanic *-ōzô

Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō

Old English -ra

Middle English -ere

English -er

English butcherbor.

Swahili bucha

Borrowed from English butcher.

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈɓu.tʃɑ/

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

bucha class IX (plural bucha class X)

1. butcher

   Synonym: mchinjaji

2. butchery