"bu" meaning in Maltese

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "أَبُو"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic أَبُو (ʔabū)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "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"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 60 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "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": [
    "Pages with 60 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "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"
    }
  ],
  "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 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 obsolete senses",
        "Pages with 60 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "father"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) father"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "missier"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/buː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bu"
}