bufo

See also: Bufo, bufó, and bufò

English

Etymology

From translingual Bufo marinus (now Rhinella marina), the cane toad, from Latin būfō (“toad”).

Noun

bufo (plural bufos)

  1. (Hawaii, slang) toad, frog

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈfo/ [bʊˈfɔ]
  • Hyphenation: bu‧fo

Noun

bufó f

  1. camel fat

Declension

        Declension of bufó      
absolutive bufó
predicative bufó
subjective bufó
genitive bufó
  Postpositioned forms
l-case bufól
k-case bufók
t-case bufót
h-case bufóh

References

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “bufo”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Catalan

Verb

bufo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bufar

Esperanto

Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin būfo (“toad”). Compare Italian buffone, Spanish bufón, Hawaiian English bufo.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈbufo/
    • Audio 1:(file)
    • Audio 2:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ufo
    • Syllabification: bu‧fo

    Noun

    bufo (accusative singular bufon, plural bufoj, accusative plural bufojn)

    1. toad

    See also

    Further reading

    Friulian

    Etymology

    From Latin būfo (“toad”).

    Noun

    bufo

    1. toad

    Galician

    Verb

    bufo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of bufar

    Latin

    Etymology

    Probably loaned from a different Italic language such as Oscan, where the word could have referred to any creeping small animal such as a hamster. The connection with Proto-Slavic *žaba (“toad”) is uncertain, as the initial vowel cannot reflect a common Indo-European origin.[1]

    Usually connected with Latin bōs, bovis (“cow”),[2][3][4] reflecting an ancient folk belief that toads — among other animals — were thought to steal milk from livestock. More specifically, būfō is derived from an ancient compound of Proto-Indo-European Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”) and *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle”). A very close parallel to this derivation can be found in Albanian thithëlopë (“toad”, literally “cow-sucker”). Compare typologically Latin caprimulgus (“nightjar”, literally “goat-milker”), Proto-Slavic *(s)mъlžь (< Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-, whence also English milk).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    būfō m (genitive būfōnis); third declension

    1. a toad

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative būfō būfōnēs
    genitive būfōnis būfōnum
    dative būfōnī būfōnibus
    accusative būfōnem būfōnēs
    ablative būfōne būfōnibus
    vocative būfō būfōnēs

    Descendants

    • Italo-Romance:
      • Italian: bufone, buffone
      • Sicilian: buffa
    • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Gallo-Romance:
    • Borrowings:
      • → Esperanto: bufo
      • → Middle Irish: bufa
        • Irish: buaf
        • Manx: beayf
      • → Translingual: Bufo
      • → Volapük: bufod

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “bufo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 76
    2. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “смолж”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    3. ^ Rychło, Mikołaj; Kaczyńska, Elwira; Kowalski, Andrzej; Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz (2024), “Milk-sucking "thieves" in Indo-European folklore: An etymological analysis of zoonyms”, in Lege artis. Language yesterday, today, tomorrow, volume 9, number 1, Trnava: University of SS Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, →ISSN, pages 84-103
    4. ^ Jørgensen, Anders Richardt (2025), “A tiny Indo-European ‘cow-suckler’? A new etymology for Breton buzhugenn, Middle Cornish vethygan and Gascon bousic, boudic ‘earthworm’”, in Jenny Larsson, Thomas Olander and Anders Richardt Jørgensen, editors, Indo-European Ecologies: Cattle and Milk - Snakes and Water‎[1], Stockholm University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 163–171

    Further reading

    • “bufo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “bufo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “bufo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • “bufo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

    Old Spanish

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      Inherited from Late Latin būfus (“owl”).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈbuho/

      Noun

      bufo m

      1. owl
        • c. 1275, Alfonso X, General Estoria, primera parte (ed. by Pedro Sánchez Prieto-Borja, Alcalá de Henares: Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, 2002):
          Del comer de las aves. De las aves, que son otrossí las animalias del tercero elemento, les dixo assí, que nin comiessen águila [...] nin aztor nin bufo nin...
          On the eating of birds. Regarding birds, which are moreover the third element animals, He told them thus: they should not eat neither eagle, [...] nor goshawk, nor owl, nor...

      Descendants

      Further reading

      Polish

      Etymology

        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈbu.fɔ/
        • Rhymes: -ufɔ
        • Syllabification: bu‧fo

        Noun

        bufo f

        1. vocative singular of bufa

        Portuguese

        Pronunciation

        • Hyphenation: bu‧fo

        Etymology 1

        From Old Galician-Portuguese bufo, from Late Latin būfus (cognates include Spanish búho), itself either from Latin *būfō, from Faliscan *būfō, or more likely of onomatopoetic origin; cf. also Ancient Greek βοῦφος (boûphos). Compare to Latin būbō.

        Noun

        bufo m (plural bufos)

        1. Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)
          Synonym: corujão
        2. (Portugal, colloquial) informant, snitch
          Synonyms: (Portugal, colloquial) chibo, delator, informante

        Etymology 2

          Borrowed from Italian buffo (“comical”).

          Adjective

          bufo (feminine bufa, masculine plural bufos, feminine plural bufas)

          1. (of an actor or plot) comical or burlesque
            Synonyms: burlesco, cómico

          Etymology 3

            Deverbal from bufar.

            Noun

            bufo m (plural bufos)

            1. an instance of puffing
              Synonym: bufada

            Etymology 4

            Verb

            bufo

            1. first-person singular present indicative of bufar

            Further reading

            Spanish

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /ˈbufo/ [ˈbu.fo]
            • Rhymes: -ufo
            • Syllabification: bu‧fo

            Etymology 1

              Borrowed from Italian buffo.

              Noun

              bufo m (plural bufos)

              1. buffo

              Etymology 2

              Adjective

              bufo (feminine bufa, masculine plural bufos, feminine plural bufas)

              1. tragicomic

              Etymology 3

              Contraction

              bufo

              1. (Rioplatense, colloquial) clipping of bufoso (“revolver”)

              Etymology 4

              Verb

              bufo

              1. first-person singular present indicative of bufar

              Further reading

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