bufo
English
editEtymology
editFrom translingual Bufo marinus (now Rhinella marina), the cane toad, from Latin būfō (“toad”).
Noun
editbufo (plural bufos)
Afar
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbufó f
Declension
editDeclension of bufó | ||||||||||||||||||
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absolutive | bufó | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | bufó | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | bufó | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | bufó | |||||||||||||||||
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References
edit- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “bufo”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
Catalan
editVerb
editbufo
Esperanto
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin būfo (“toad”). Compare Italian buffone, Spanish bufón, Hawaiian English bufo.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbufo (accusative singular bufon, plural bufoj, accusative plural bufojn)
See also
editFriulian
editEtymology
editNoun
editbufo
Galician
editVerb
editbufo
Latin
editEtymology
editProbably loaned from a different Italic language such as Oscan, where the word could have referred to any creeping small animal such as a hamster. The connection with Proto-Slavic *žaba (“toad”) is uncertain, as the initial vowel cannot reflect a common Indo-European origin.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbuː.foː/, [ˈbuːfoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbu.fo/, [ˈbuːfo]
Noun
editbūfō m (genitive būfōnis); third declension
- a toad
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | būfō | būfōnēs |
Genitive | būfōnis | būfōnum |
Dative | būfōnī | būfōnibus |
Accusative | būfōnem | būfōnēs |
Ablative | būfōne | būfōnibus |
Vocative | būfō | būfōnēs |
Descendants
edit- English: bufo
- Italian: buffone
- Sicilian: buffa
- Spanish: bufón
- Translingual: Bufo
- → Middle Irish: bufa
References
edit- “bufo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “bufo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- bufo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “bufo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “bufo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 76
Old Spanish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbufo m
- Alternative form of buho
- c. 1275, Alfonso X, General Estoria, primera parte , (ed. by Pedro Sánchez Prieto-Borja, Alcalá de Henares: Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, 2002):
- Del comer de las aves. De las aves, que son otrossí las animalias del tercero elemento, les dixo assí, que nin comiessen águila [...] nin aztor nin bufo nin...
- On the eating of birds. Regarding birds, which are moreover the third element animals, He told them thus: they should not eat neither eagle, [...] nor goshawk, nor owl, nor...
- Del comer de las aves. De las aves, que son otrossí las animalias del tercero elemento, les dixo assí, que nin comiessen águila [...] nin aztor nin bufo nin...
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: bu‧fo
Etymology 1
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese bufo, from Late Latin būfus (cognates include Spanish búho), itself either from Latin *būfō, from Faliscan *būfō, or more likely of onomatopoetic origin; cf. also Ancient Greek βοῦφος (boûphos). Compare to Latin būbō.
Noun
editbufo m (plural bufos)
- Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)
- Synonym: corujão
- (Portugal, colloquial) informant, snitch
- Synonyms: (Portugal, colloquial) chibo, delator, informante
Etymology 2
editFrom Italian buffo (“comical”).
Adjective
editbufo (feminine bufa, masculine plural bufos, feminine plural bufas)
Etymology 3
editNoun
editbufo m (plural bufos)
Etymology 4
editVerb
editbufo
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editbufo m (plural bufos)
Etymology 2
editVerb
editbufo
Further reading
edit- “bufo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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