bubo

See also: Bubo, bubó, and boo-boo

English

Buboes on the leg of a patient with bubonic plague.

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin būbō, from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbjuː.bəʊ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.boʊ/, /ˈbju.boʊ/
• Rhymes: -uːbəʊ

Noun

bubo (plural bubos or buboes)

1. (pathology) An inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or groin, due to an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis, or syphilis.
   • 1661, Johann Jacob Wecker, Eighteen books of the secrets of art and nature: being the summe and substance of naturall philisophy ...‎^[1], page 42:

     If a Bubo or Carbuncle appear, set on Leeches not far from it, if it be in an ignoble part; ...

Derived terms

• buboed
• bubonic
• bubonocele
• pseudobubo

 

Translations

inflamed lymph node

• Catalan: bubó (ca) m
• Finnish: imusolmukeajos, paise (fi)
• French: bubon (fr) m
• Ido: bubono (io)
• Irish: cearc ascaille f, loch ascaille m, scairt ascaille f
• Polish: dymienica f
• Portuguese: bubão m
• Punjabi: ਸੁੰਢਾ (pa) m (suṇḍhā)
• Romanian: bubon (ro) n
• Russian: бубо́н (ru) m (bubón)
• Spanish: bubón m
• Welsh: llinoryn m

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *buqbuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqbuq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuʔboʔ/ [ˈbuʔ.boʔ]
• Hyphenation: bu‧bo

Verb

bùbò

1. to pour
2. to douse; to put out; to extinguish

Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *bubu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubu, from Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbubo(ʔ)/ [ˈbu.bo(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: bu‧bo

Noun

bubo or bubò

1. box-like trap woven from bamboo slats allowing entrance but no egress, used to catch fish or monkeys

Esperanto

Etymology

From German Bube (“boy, knave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbubo/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bu‧bo
• Rhymes: -ubo

Noun

bubo (accusative singular bubon, plural buboj, accusative plural bubojn)

1. urchin, waif, kid (living on street), gamin

   Hypernym: infano

   Hyponyms: bubaĉo, bubino

2. (card games) jack

See also

Playing cards in Esperanto · ludkartoj (layout · text)
aso	duo	trio	kvaro	kvino	seso	sepo
oko	naŭo	deko	fanto, bubo	damo	reĝo	ĵokero

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto bubo, German Bube.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.bo/

Noun

bubo (plural bubi)

1. urchin, waif, kid (living on street), gamin

   Hypernym: puero

   Hyponyms: bubacho, bubino, bubulo

Latin

būbō (horned owl)

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic, compare Ancient Greek βύας (búas), Bulgarian буч (buč), Old Armenian բու (bu), Persian بوف (buf), Arabic بُوم (būm), Classical Syriac ܒܐܘܐ (baʾwāʾ) and Caucasian languages such as Old Georgian ბუვი (buvi), Chechen бухӏа (buha), and Aghul бу́гьу (búhu), all meaning owls.

Alternative forms

• būfus (Late Latin)
• *gūfus (Vulgar Latin)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.boː/, [ˈbuːboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.bo/, [ˈbuːbo]

Noun

būbō m (genitive būbōnis); third declension

1. owl, especially the Eurasian eagle owl, Bubo bubo

Usage notes

Nearly always masculine, but used once as a feminine noun by Virgil in Aeneis IV:462:

hinc exaudiri voces et verba vocantis

visa viri, nox cum terras obscura teneret,

solaque culminibus ferali carmine bubo

saepe queri et longas in fletum ducere voces;

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	būbō	būbōnēs
genitive	būbōnis	būbōnum
dative	būbōnī	būbōnibus
accusative	būbōnem	būbōnēs
ablative	būbōne	būbōnibus
vocative	būbō	būbōnēs

Derived terms

• būbulō

Descendants

• Translingual: Bubo

Etymology 2

Medieval Latin; from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.boː/, [ˈbuːboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.bo/, [ˈbuːbo]

Noun

būbō m (genitive būbōnis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) bubo

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	būbō	būbōnēs
genitive	būbōnis	būbōnum
dative	būbōnī	būbōnibus
accusative	būbōnem	būbōnēs
ablative	būbōne	būbōnibus
vocative	būbō	būbōnēs

Descendants

• → Catalan: buba
• → English: bubo
• → Galician: bouba
• → Romanian: bubă (possibly)
• ⇒ Medieval Latin: būbōnēs (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 3

From būtiō (“bittern”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.boː/, [ˈbʊboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.bo/, [ˈbuːbo]

Verb

bubō (present infinitive bubere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. to cry like a bittern

Conjugation

   Conjugation of bubō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	bubō	bubis	bubit	bubimus	bubitis	bubunt
	imperfect	bubēbam	bubēbās	bubēbat	bubēbāmus	bubēbātis	bubēbant
	future	bubam	bubēs	bubet	bubēmus	bubētis	bubent
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	bubam	bubās	bubat	bubāmus	bubātis	bubant
imperfect	buberem	buberēs	buberet	buberēmus	buberētis	buberent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	bube	—	—	bubite	—
	future	—	bubitō	bubitō	—	bubitōte	bubuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		bubere	—	—	—	—	—
participles		bubēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		bubendī	bubendō	bubendum	bubendō	—	—

References

• “bubo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bubo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• bubo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• bubo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “bubo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Schwentner, Ernst (1954) “Lat. būbō, būfō, gūfō”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen, volume 72 1./2., →DOI, pages 120–123

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bubo

1. vocative singular of buba

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbubo/ [ˈbuː.bo]
• Rhymes: -ubo
• Syllabification: bu‧bo

Adjective

bubo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜊᜓ)

1. Alternative form of bobo (“foolish, stupid”)

Noun

bubo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜊᜓ)

1. Alternative form of bobo (“fool, idiot”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *bubu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubu, from Proto-Austronesian *bubu₂. Cognate with Amis fofo, Ilocano bobo, Cebuano bubu, Malagasy vovo, Malay bubu, Bilba bufu, Buli (Indonesia) pup, and Pohnpeian uu.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbubo/ [ˈbuː.bo]
• Rhymes: -ubo
• Syllabification: bu‧bo

Noun

bubo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜊᜓ)

1. round bamboo basket used as a fish trap

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buˈbo/ [bʊˈbo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: bu‧bo

Noun

bubó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜊᜓ)

1. act of frightening and driving away a flock of birds

   Synonyms: bulabog, bulahaw

2. sudden flight of birds (after being frightened and driven away)

Derived terms

• bubuhin
• bumubo
• pagbubo

 

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “possibly related to Etymology 5 "spill"?”)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbuboʔ/ [ˈbuː.boʔ]
• Rhymes: -uboʔ
• Syllabification: bu‧bo

Noun

bubò (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜊᜓ)

1. casting; pouring into a mold
2. something formed in a mold

   Synonym: molde

Derived terms

• binubo
• bubuan
• bubuin
• ibubo
• kabubo
• magbubo
• mambububo
• pagbubo
• pagbububo

 

Etymology 5

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqbuq (“pour”). Cognate with Kapampangan bubu, Cebuano bubu, and Javanese ꦧꦸꦧꦸꦃ (bubuh, “put in by accident”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buˈboʔ/ [bʊˈboʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: bu‧bo

Adjective

bubô (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜊᜓ)

1. overflowing; pouring out

   Synonyms: buhos, salin, ligwak, huho

2. spilled; poured out accidentally

Noun

bubô (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜊᜓ)

1. act of pouring out

   Synonyms: buhos, salin

2. spillage; act of spilling

   Synonym: ligwak

3. spilled material

Derived terms

• bumubo
• ibubo
• mabubo
• magbubo

 

Anagrams

• ub-ob