buča
Latvian

Buča
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): [butʃa]
Audio (file)
Noun
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
Declension of buča (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | bučas |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | buču | bučas |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | bučas | buču |
| dative (datīvs) | bučai | bučām |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | buču | bučām |
| locative (lokatīvs) | bučā | bučās |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | bučas |
Related terms
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “buča”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bût͡ʃa/
- Hyphenation: bu‧ča
References
- “buča” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bùːt͡ʃa/
Inflection
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Further reading
- “buča”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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