buf

See also: BUF and büf

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

Declension

Declension of buf

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

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

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

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