buzi

See also: bùzi

Hungarian

Etymology

[from 1896] Clipping and -i diminutive of Hungarian buzeráns, from German Buserant with Hungarian -áns ending, compare also Czech buzerant; from Venetan buzerar (“to practise sodomy”), from Italian bugero (“sodomite”, formerly “heretic”, even formerly “Bulgar” (q.v.), referring to heretics—possibly Bogomils—spread from the Balkan, believed to practise sodomy). See also the etymology of French bouguer and English bugger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuzi]
• Hyphenation: bu‧zi
• Rhymes: -zi

Noun

buzi (plural buzik)

1. (derogatory) fag (male homosexual)

   Synonyms: (PC) meleg, (medicalizing; dated) homoszexuális

2. (slang, as second element in certain compounds) a buff, freak, nut, geek (a person wildly enthusiastic about something)

Usage notes

Though still an offensive term, some activists consciously use it as a self-identifier so that its offensive overtone should gradually wear off (similarly to English queer). Like many other terms considered taboo, it has an abundance of vulgar synonyms, applied with disparaging intent (homokos, köcsög, homó, langyos, homár, ratyi etc., comparable to English faggot and poofter).

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	buzi	buzik
accusative	buzit	buzikat
dative	buzinak	buziknak
instrumental	buzival	buzikkal
causal-final	buziért	buzikért
translative	buzivá	buzikká
terminative	buziig	buzikig
essive-formal	buziként	buzikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	buziban	buzikban
superessive	buzin	buzikon
adessive	buzinál	buziknál
illative	buziba	buzikba
sublative	buzira	buzikra
allative	buzihoz	buzikhoz
elative	buziból	buzikból
delative	buziról	buzikról
ablative	buzitól	buziktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	buzié	buziké
non-attributive possessive - plural	buziéi	buzikéi

Possessive forms of buzi
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	buzim	buzijaim (or buziim)
2nd person sing.	buzid	buzijaid (or buziid)
3rd person sing.	buzija	buzijai (or buzii)
1st person plural	buzink	buzijaink (or buziink)
2nd person plural	buzitok	buzijaitok (or buziitok)
3rd person plural	buzijuk	buzijaik (or buziik)

Derived terms

• buzis
• buziság
• buzizik
• lebuziz

 

Further reading

• buzi in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ʑi/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uʑi
• Syllabification: bu‧zi

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

buzi n (indeclinable)

1. (colloquial) kiss, smackeroo

   Synonyms: buziak, całus, cmoknięcie, dziubas, pocałunek

Derived terms

adjective

• buzi dać

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

buzi f

1. inflection of buzia:
   1. genitive/dative/locative singular
   2. genitive plural

Further reading

• buzi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• buzi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swahili

Etymology

From mbuzi (“goat”), placed in the class used for augmentatives. The sense "sugar daddy" comes from the phrase kuchuna buzi (“skin the goat”), used as slang for extracting money from a wealthy man.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓu.zi/

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

buzi (ma class, plural mabuzi)

1. Augmentative of mbuzi: big goat
2. (slang) sugar daddy
   • "Mtie Kamba Muneo" [date unknown], Tanzania One Theatre, sung by Khadija Kopa:

     Nakuambia ulie tu / Huwezi kuchuna buzi

     I tell you, keep crying / You cannot get a sugar daddy (literally, "skin the goat")