"bubbe" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbʊbə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbʌ-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-bi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbʊbə/ [General-American], /ˈbʌ-/ [General-American], /ˈbɔ-/ [General-American], /-bi/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-bubbe.ogg [General-American] Forms: bubbes [plural], in Jewish contexts
Rhymes: -ʊbə, -ʊbi, -ʌbi, -ɔːbə, -ɔːbi Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish באָבע (bobe, “grandmother”), and then either from a Slavic language or from eastern Middle High German bābe (“old woman”), both from Proto-Slavic *baba (“old woman”) and ultimately imitative of a child’s babbling. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yi|באָבע|t=grandmother}} Yiddish באָבע (bobe, “grandmother”), {{der|en|sla}} Slavic, {{der|en|gmh|bābe|t=old woman}} Middle High German bābe (“old woman”), {{der|en|sla-pro|*baba|t=old woman}} Proto-Slavic *baba (“old woman”), {{glossary|imitative}} imitative Head templates: {{en-noun}} bubbe (plural bubbes)
  1. A grandmother.
    Sense id: en-bubbe-en-noun-vAIVWnkq
  2. An elderly woman. Categories (topical): Female family members, Female people
    Sense id: en-bubbe-en-noun-iJhx-JxC Disambiguation of Female family members: 35 65 Disambiguation of Female people: 5 95 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bobbe, bobeh, bubbeh, bubbie, bubby, bube Related terms: bubbe meise, babushka (english: possibly cognate) Coordinate_terms: zayde

Noun [Sidamo]

IPA: /ˈbubːe/
Head templates: {{head|sid|noun|g=f}} bubbe f, {{sid-noun|g=f}} bubbe f Inflection templates: {{sid-decl|bubb|e|f}} Forms: feminine [table-tags], bubbe [predicative], bubbe [nominative, without-modifier], bubbe [nominative, with-modifier], bubbete^(*)) [genitive, without-modifier], bubbe^(*)) [genitive, with-modifier], bubbete [dative, without-modifier], bubbera [dative, with-modifier], bubbe^(*)) [accusative], bubbetenni [ablative, without-modifier], bubbenni [ablative, with-modifier]
  1. wind Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Atmospheric phenomena, Weather
    Sense id: en-bubbe-sid-noun-m1jmgUWn Categories (other): Sidamo entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "form": "bubbenni",
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      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "with-modifier"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sid",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "bubbe f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "bubbe f",
      "name": "sid-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "bub‧be"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bubb",
        "2": "e",
        "3": "f"
      },
      "name": "sid-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sidamo",
  "lang_code": "sid",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sidamo entries with incorrect language header",
        "Sidamo feminine nouns",
        "Sidamo lemmas",
        "Sidamo nouns",
        "Sidamo terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "sid:Atmospheric phenomena",
        "sid:Weather"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wind"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wind",
          "wind"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbubːe/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bubbe"
}
{
  "called_from": "inflection/2530",
  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header based on style, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Sidamo]; cleaned text: ^(*)) Stressed on the final vowel., style: text-align:left; font-size: smaller;background:#DFDFDF////NodeKind.TABLE_CELL",
  "path": [
    "bubbe"
  ],
  "section": "Sidamo",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bubbe",
  "trace": ""
}

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