buxa

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Afar[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /buˈɖa/, [bʊˈɽʌ]
  • Hyphenation: bu‧xa

Noun[edit]

buxá f 

  1. family
  2. home
  3. household

Declension[edit]

Declension of buxá
absolutive buxá
predicative buxá
subjective buxá
genitive buxá
Postpositioned forms
l-case buxál
k-case buxák
t-case buxát
h-case buxáh

References[edit]

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “buxa”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Asturian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

buxa

  1. feminine singular of buxu

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown. Perhaps from Latin buxidis (box),[1] or buxus (boxwood).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

buxa f (plural buxas)

  1. bushing
  2. nozzle (inside the drones and blowpipe of a bagpipe)
  3. chute of a watermill
  4. spinning top
    Synonyms: buxaina, trompo

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “buje”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Sidamo[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbutʼa/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧xa

Verb[edit]

buxa

  1. (intransitive) to become poor

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 30
  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “buxa”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Venetian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

buxa f (plural buxe)

  1. hole, pit