bui

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bui"

Languages (15)

Translingual

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Acehnese • Dutch • Indonesian • Italian • Japanese • Lombard • Mandarin • Middle Irish • Norwegian Nynorsk • Pazeh • Southeastern Tepehuan • Sranan Tongo • Vietnamese • Yagara

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Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Bongili with u as a placeholder.

Symbol

bui

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Bongili terms

Acehnese

bui

Acehnese Spelling
EBAYD	bui
Husaini
Jawoe	بوي

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy. Compare Eastern Cham ꨚꨝꨶꨬ (pabuei, “pig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuj/, [ˈbui̯]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bui

Noun

bui (Jawoe spelling بوي)

1. pig (mammal of genus Sus)

   bui kleuet ― wild pig

   bui uteuen ― wild boar

2. (vulgar) a contemptible person, a lowly person, a bastard

   Peue kèe bui, tapeutut lé gata?

   Am I really that contemptible to you that you expel me out like this?

References

• “bui”, in Kamus Aceh Indonesia [Acehnese-Indonesian Dictionary] (Seri K; 85), Seri 1. A-L [Volume 1. A-L] (eBook; overall work in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, 1985, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 46
• “بوي”, in Woordenboek der Atjehsche Taal [Dictionary of the Acehnese Language]‎^[1] (overall work in Dutch), Den Haag: 's Gravenhage : Martinus Nijhoff, 1889, page 104

Dutch

Etymology

Of unknown origin, with no known cognates in Germanic. The word may be related to Ancient Greek φῦσα (phûsa, “blast of wind, breath”); see that entry for cognates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bœy̯/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bui
• Rhymes: -œy̯

Noun

bui f (plural buien, diminutive buitje n)

1. shower (rain), or generally a bout (of bad weather such as snow)
2. mood, episode
3. (dated) gust, current of wind

Derived terms

• buien
• buienradar
• buiig
• donderbui
• driftbui
• hagelbui
• hoosbui
• huilbui
• onweersbui
• piekbui
• regenbui
• sneeuwbui
• stormbui
• stortbui
• windbui

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bui
• → German: Bö
• → Norwegian Bokmål: byge
• → Papiamentu: beis
• →? Saterland Frisian: Böije
• → West Frisian: bui

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbui̯/ [ˈbui̯]
• Rhymes: -i̯
• Syllabification: bu‧i

Etymology 1

From Dutch boei (“buoy, shackle”), from Middle Dutch boeye, from Old French boie (“fetter, chain, clog”), from Latin boia (“(leather) collar, band, fetter”).

Noun

bui (plural bui-bui)

1. buoy

   Synonym: pelampung

2. (colloquial) prison

   Synonym: penjara

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Kaera [Term?].

Noun

bui (plural bui-bui)

1. (music) a small, long drum, made from a wooden stick with deer skin attached to the end, played in the lego-lego dance. [since 2024]

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Malay [Term?] (Kalimantan).

Noun

bui (plural bui-bui)

1. gecko dropping (feces) [since 2025]

Further reading

• “bui”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ui

Adjective

bui

1. masculine plural of buio

Noun

bui m

1. plural of buio

Anagrams

• ubi

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of bui – see the following entries.

【部位ぶい】 [noun] region; site; location; position; place

【無為ぶい】 [adjective] (Taoism) to take no action; to let nature take its course; to adopt a laissez-faire approach [adjective] peacefulness, tranquility [noun] (Taoism) taking no action; letting nature take its course; a laissez-faire approach [noun] peaceful, tranquil

【ブイ】 [noun] The name of the Latin script letter V/v. [noun] (nautical) a buoy [proper noun] Buy (a town in Kostroma Oblast, Russia)

(This term, bui, is the romaji of the above terms.)

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian bollire and French bouillir, from Latin bulla.

Verb

bui

1. to boil

Mandarin

Romanization

bui

1. nonstandard spelling of buì

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• boí

Verb

bui (conjunct ·bui)

1. third-person singular preterite absolute/conjunct of at·tá

Mutation

Mutation of bui

radical	lenition	nasalization
bui	bui pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbui

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bui f

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of bu

Pazeh

Etymology

Borrowed from Taiwanese Hokkien 襪 / 袜 (boe̍h).

Noun

bui

1. footwear, socks

References

• Paul Jen-kuei Li (李壬癸); Shigeru Tsuchida (土田滋) (2001), Pazih Dictionary (巴宰語詞典) (in Chinese), Taipei: Academia Sinica, Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN

Southeastern Tepehuan

Noun

bui

1. eye

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch boei.

Noun

bui

1. bracelet
2. fetter, bond

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓuj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓuj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓuj˧˧]

Adjective

bui • (盃, 𠸟)

1. (obsolete) only
   • 1752, 古珠法雲佛本行語録 [Cổ Châu Pháp Vân Phật bản hạnh ngữ lục]‎^[2], page 2a:

     盃柴丘陀羅燒翁修定綽衛茹。

     Bui thầy Khâu Đà La theo ông Tu Định rước về nhà.

     Only Master Khâu Đà La followed Tu Định and was brought back to his house.

Yagara

Noun

bui

1. black snake

References

• State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Brisbane Animal Words.