"bu" meaning in Maltese

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "أَبُو"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic أَبُو (ʔabū)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "أَب",
        "t": "father"
      },
      "expansion": "أَب (ʔab, “father”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic أَبُو (ʔabū), construct state of أَب (ʔab, “father”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "abwa",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "but",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "omm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "f": "omm",
        "g": "m",
        "p": "abwa",
        "p2": "but"
      },
      "expansion": "bu m (plural abwa or but, feminine omm)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "bugħaddas"
        },
        {
          "word": "bugħarwien"
        },
        {
          "word": "bumellies"
        },
        {
          "word": "bumnieħer"
        },
        {
          "word": "bumunqar"
        },
        {
          "word": "bunemmiel"
        },
        {
          "word": "bunittien"
        },
        {
          "word": "bunixxiefa"
        },
        {
          "word": "buqarrieq"
        },
        {
          "word": "buqexrem"
        },
        {
          "word": "Buttiġieġ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "father"
      ],
      "id": "en-bu-mt-noun-iKGIHwAl",
      "links": [
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) father"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "missier"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/buː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bu"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "zom:Animal dwellings",
    "zom:Buildings",
    "zom:Foods"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bugħaddas"
    },
    {
      "word": "bugħarwien"
    },
    {
      "word": "bumellies"
    },
    {
      "word": "bumnieħer"
    },
    {
      "word": "bumunqar"
    },
    {
      "word": "bunemmiel"
    },
    {
      "word": "bunittien"
    },
    {
      "word": "bunixxiefa"
    },
    {
      "word": "buqarrieq"
    },
    {
      "word": "buqexrem"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buttiġieġ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "أَبُو"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic أَبُو (ʔabū)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "أَب",
        "t": "father"
      },
      "expansion": "أَب (ʔab, “father”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic أَبُو (ʔabū), construct state of أَب (ʔab, “father”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "abwa",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "but",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "omm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "f": "omm",
        "g": "m",
        "p": "abwa",
        "p2": "but"
      },
      "expansion": "bu m (plural abwa or but, feminine omm)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese 1-syllable words",
        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese masculine nouns",
        "Maltese nouns",
        "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Maltese terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "father"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) father"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "missier"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/buː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bu"
}