bouba

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since circa 1846. Perhaps from Latin balbus. Compare Spanish bobo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbowba/ [ˈbow.β̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -owba

Noun

bouba f (plural boubas)

1. lie, fib
2. hoax
   • 1886, in O Galiciano, 91, p. 3:

     O que a ti che compría ,repriquei, era unha boa vragasta polo lombo; sempre foches un perdido, e pra botar un día máis de pándega aporveitaste desa bouba da fin do mundo ...

     "What you need", I reply, "is a good rod down your back; yo have always been a dissolute guy, and for having one more day of fun you are taking advantage of this hoax about the end of the world …"

Etymology 2

Attested since circa 1750. From Medieval Latin būbō, from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).

Alternative forms

• buba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bowβɐ]

Noun

bouba f (plural boubas)

1. blister
2. a sickness of cattle

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bouba”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bouba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bouba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bouba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbo(w).bɐ/ [ˈbo(ʊ̯).bɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbo(w).bɐ/ [ˈbo(ʊ̯).bɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbo(w).ba/ [ˈbo(ʊ̯).ba]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbo(w).bɐ/ [ˈbo(w).βɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbo(w).bɐ/ [ˈbo(w).βɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbow.bɐ/ [ˈbow.βɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.bɐ/ [ˈbo.βɐ]

• Rhymes: -owbɐ, -obɐ
• Hyphenation: bou‧ba

Noun

bouba f (plural boubas)

1. yaws

   Synonyms: (Brazil) piã, framboesia

Related terms

• bouba aviária

 

References

• “bouba”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “bouba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “bouba”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “bouba”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024