buba

Yoruba buba

buba (plural bubas)

1. A woman's blouse worn in West African countries.

Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin būbō (“bubo”), from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.bə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ba/

buba f (plural bubes)

1. pimple

   Synonym: bua

2. pox

• bua

• bubó

• “buba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

buba f

1. walking palm (Socratea exorrhiza)
2. floor made from the wood of the walking palm
3. floor

• “buba” in Gordon Koop, Lois Koop, Dicionário deni-português, Associação Internacional de Lingüística - SIL Brasil, 1985.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuba/

buba

1. biceps

• (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

From Proto-Slavic *bǫba.

• IPA^(key): /bûba/
• Hyphenation: bu‧ba

bȕba f (Cyrillic spelling бу̏ба)

1. bug
2. beetle

• “buba” in Hrvatski jezični portal

From Baoule buba (“bark”).[1]

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buba

1. skin
   • 1855 April 23, “De slavernij en hare gruwelen in Suriname [Slavery and its horrors in Suriname]”, in Algemeen Handelsblad‎, Amsterdam, page 4:

     Pieri me na boeba, fo na ningre

     Strip me that Negro's skin off

2. (by extension), skin colour, ethnicity
3. fur
4. fleece
5. peel
6. shell
7. husk
8. crust
9. bark
10. sapwood
    • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎:

      Kuljara va ju no habi bunne hudu, da buba soso

      Your canoe doesn't have proper wood, it's just sapwood.

11. sheath

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buba

1. yaws

• 2007, Swahili Medical Dictionary and Phrase Book, M J F Cooper

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ba/

buba

1. (stative) alternative form of boba (“to call, summon”)

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

• IPA^(key): /bù.bá/

bùbá

1. (fashion) blouse or outer garment worn by women

   Synonym: bùbá obìnrin

2. (fashion) top or outer garment worn by men

   Synonym: bùbá ọkùnrin

3. (fashion) inner garment worn by men typically under an agbada