buča
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Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Baltic *bu- (with an extra onomatopoeic č(a), suggesting the sound of kissing), from Proto-Indo-European *bu- (“lip”). Some researchers suggest borrowing from Germanic; the majority opinion is that this word was not borrowed. Cognates include Lithuanian bùčius, bučinỹs, Belarusian бу́ся (búsja), Bulgarian бу́зя (búzja, “cheek”), Polish buzia (“mouth; face; kiss”), Ukrainian бу́зя (búzja, “mouth”), Middle Low German bützen, German bussen (“to kiss”) (dialectal pussen), Swedish puss (“kiss”), Irish bus (“lip”), Albanian buzë (“lip”), Latin bucca (“mouth”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]buča f (4th declension)
- (colloquial) kiss (a touch with the lips, to express love, friendship, respect, devotion)
- Synonym: skūpsts
- viņš deva tai sirsnīgu buču ― he gave her a warmhearted kiss
- kad meita buču saņēmusi, tad viņa iesaucas: “tu pagāns!” un dara tā, it kā tā lūpas gribētu noslaucīt ― when the girl received the kiss, she exclaimed: “you heathen!” and did as if she wanted to wipe her lips clean
Declension
[edit]Declension of buča (4th declension)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “buča”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bȕča f (Cyrillic spelling бу̏ча)
- Alternative form of bȕća
References
[edit]- “buča” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]búča f
Inflection
[edit]Feminine, a-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | búča | ||
gen. sing. | búče | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
búča | búči | búče |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
búče | búč | búč |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
búči | búčama | búčam |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
búčo | búči | búče |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
búči | búčah | búčah |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
búčo | búčama | búčami |
Further reading
[edit]- “buča”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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