buf

See also: BUF and büf

Translingual

Symbol

buf

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bushoong.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Bushoong terms

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin būfus (“owl”), probably of onomatopoeic origin; see also Ancient Greek βοῦφος (boûphos). Compare archaic Romanian buf, Spanish búho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [buf]

Noun

buf m (plural bufë, definite bufi, definite plural bufët)

1. owl

   Synonyms: hut, ulluvegë, çok, gjon, herëkeqe, lorëz, mallaurë, nikoqirth, nuveg, qokth, shpendkeq, vërkeqe

Declension

Declension of buf

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	buf	bufi	bufë	bufët
accusative		bufin
dative	bufi	bufit	bufëve	bufëve
ablative			bufësh

Further reading

• Jani Thomai et al. (2006), “buf”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), Tiranë: Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• bufu

Etymology

From Late Latin būfus, probably of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate to Romanian buf and Megleno-Romanian buf. Less likely from Greek μπούφος (boúfos, “eagle owl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [buf]

Noun

buf m (plural buhi)

1. owl
2. (figurative) fool, stupid person

References

• Cunia, Tiberius (2010), “buf”, in Dictsiunar a Limbãljei Armãneascã (in Aromanian), Constanța: Editura Cartea Aromãnã, page 213a

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈbuf]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from bufar.

Noun

buf m (plural bufs)

1. puff (exhalation)

Etymology 2

From Italian buffo.

Noun

buf m (plural bufs)

1. (opera) buffo

Further reading

• “buf”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Late Latin būfus. Compare to Romanian buf, Aromanian buf, Macedonian був (buv) and Bulgarian бух (buh, “eagle owl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [buf]

Noun

buf m (plural buf)

1. owl

Middle English

Noun

buf

1. alternative form of bef

Polish

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuf/
• Rhymes: -uf
• Syllabification: buf

Noun

buf f

1. genitive plural of bufa

Romanian

Alternative forms

• buh

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin būfus, probably of onomatopoeic origin.

Cognate to Aromanian buf and Megleno-Romanian buf, as well as Spanish búho. The similar terms, also in the significantly less Slavic-contact language Aromanian, speak clearly in favor of a common etymology before the dispersal of Proto-Romanian. The derivation from buh is ruled out because [h] does not change to [f] in variant formation with the only exception of preceding another consonant. Compare further to Macedonian був (buv) and Bulgarian бух (buh, “eagle owl”), as well as Ancient Greek βοῦφος (boûphos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [buf]

Noun

buf m (plural bufi)

1. (archaic) owl

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	buf	buful	bufi	bufii
genitive-dative	buf	bufului	bufi	bufilor
vocative	bufule		bufilor

Derived terms

• bufnă

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuf/ [ˈbuf]
• Rhymes: -uf
• Syllabification: buf

Interjection

¡buf!

1. expresses unpleasantness

Umbrian

Noun

buf m (late Iguvine) (accusative plural)

1. See 𐌁𐌖𐌚 (buf, “ox”).

Romanization

buf

1. romanization of 𐌁𐌖𐌚