"bû" meaning in All languages combined

See bû on Wiktionary

Noun [Bamunka]

Forms: bûhə [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Grassfields *bÚà, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- (“dog”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|bvm|nic-grf-pro|*bÚà|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Grassfields *bÚà, {{inh+|bvm|nic-grf-pro|*bÚà}} Inherited from Proto-Grassfields *bÚà, {{inh|bvm|alv-pro|*-bhúa-||dog}} Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- (“dog”) Head templates: {{head|bvm|noun|plural|bûhə}} bû (plural bûhə)
  1. dog
    Sense id: en-bû-bvm-noun-zWNX792W Categories (other): Bamunka entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Canids

Noun [Emilian]

Head templates: {{head|egl|noun form|g=m}} bû m
  1. plural of bå Tags: form-of, masculine, plural Form of:
    Sense id: en-bû-egl-noun-IHoQ-sx7 Categories (other): Emilian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Pronoun [Ghomala']

Head templates: {{head|bbj|pronoun}} bû
  1. to you (indirect object pronoun) Related terms: wáp, wɔ́, wɔ́k

Noun [Kanuri]

Head templates: {{head|kr|noun}} bû
  1. blood
    Sense id: en-bû-kr-noun-Po5AwK9f Categories (other): Kanuri entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bvm",
        "2": "nic-grf-pro",
        "3": "*bÚà",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Grassfields *bÚà",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bvm",
        "2": "nic-grf-pro",
        "3": "*bÚà"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Grassfields *bÚà",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bvm",
        "2": "alv-pro",
        "3": "*-bhúa-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "dog"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- (“dog”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Grassfields *bÚà, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- (“dog”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bûhə",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bvm",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "bûhə"
      },
      "expansion": "bû (plural bûhə)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Bamunka",
  "lang_code": "bvm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Bamunka entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "bvm",
          "name": "Canids",
          "orig": "bvm:Canids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dog"
      ],
      "id": "en-bû-bvm-noun-zWNX792W",
      "links": [
        [
          "dog",
          "dog"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bû"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egl",
        "2": "noun form",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "bû m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Emilian",
  "lang_code": "egl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Emilian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "bå"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural of bå"
      ],
      "id": "en-bû-egl-noun-IHoQ-sx7",
      "links": [
        [
          "bå",
          "bå#Emilian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bû"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bbj",
        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "bû",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ghomala'",
  "lang_code": "bbj",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ghomala' entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ghomala' pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I'm telling you.",
          "text": "Gaə̌ wə́ gɔ́m bû.",
          "translation": "I'm telling you.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to you (indirect object pronoun)"
      ],
      "id": "en-bû-bbj-pron-B6raPRke",
      "links": [
        [
          "you",
          "you"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "wáp"
        },
        {
          "word": "wɔ́"
        },
        {
          "word": "wɔ́k"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bû"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kr",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "bû",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Kanuri",
  "lang_code": "kr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Kanuri entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blood"
      ],
      "id": "en-bû-kr-noun-Po5AwK9f",
      "links": [
        [
          "blood",
          "blood"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bû"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bvm",
        "2": "nic-grf-pro",
        "3": "*bÚà",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Grassfields *bÚà",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bvm",
        "2": "nic-grf-pro",
        "3": "*bÚà"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Grassfields *bÚà",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bvm",
        "2": "alv-pro",
        "3": "*-bhúa-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "dog"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- (“dog”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Grassfields *bÚà, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- (“dog”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bûhə",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bvm",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "bûhə"
      },
      "expansion": "bû (plural bûhə)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Bamunka",
  "lang_code": "bvm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Bamunka entries with incorrect language header",
        "Bamunka lemmas",
        "Bamunka nouns",
        "Bamunka terms derived from Proto-Atlantic-Congo",
        "Bamunka terms derived from Proto-Grassfields",
        "Bamunka terms inherited from Proto-Atlantic-Congo",
        "Bamunka terms inherited from Proto-Grassfields",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "bvm:Canids"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dog"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dog",
          "dog"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bû"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egl",
        "2": "noun form",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "bû m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Emilian",
  "lang_code": "egl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Emilian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Emilian non-lemma forms",
        "Emilian noun forms",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "bå"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural of bå"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bå",
          "bå#Emilian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bû"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bbj",
        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "bû",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ghomala'",
  "lang_code": "bbj",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "wáp"
    },
    {
      "word": "wɔ́"
    },
    {
      "word": "wɔ́k"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ghomala' entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ghomala' lemmas",
        "Ghomala' pronouns",
        "Ghomala' terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I'm telling you.",
          "text": "Gaə̌ wə́ gɔ́m bû.",
          "translation": "I'm telling you.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to you (indirect object pronoun)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "you",
          "you"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bû"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kr",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "bû",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Kanuri",
  "lang_code": "kr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Kanuri entries with incorrect language header",
        "Kanuri lemmas",
        "Kanuri nouns",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blood"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blood",
          "blood"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bû"
}

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