bue

See also:Bue,bué,bue',andbü

Asturian

Alternative forms

• güe
• buö
• buöi
• guö
• güei
• buei

Etymology

FromVulgar Latin*boemforLatinbovem,accusative singular ofbōs.

Noun

buem(pluralbues)

1. bull
2. ox

References

• Academia de la Llingua Asturiana(2000).Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana(1ª edición).→ISBN.on-line version.

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈb̥uːə]

Etymology 1

FromOld Norsebogi,fromProto-Germanic*bugô,cognate withSwedishbåge,Englishbow,GermanBogen.

Noun

buec(singular definitebuen,plural indefinitebuer)

1. bow(weapon)
2. (geometry)curve,arc
3. (architecture)arch,vault
4. (music)tie,ligature,slur
5. hoop

Declension

Declension ofbue

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bue	buen	buer	buerne
genitive	bues	buens	buers	buernes

See also

• pilc

Etymology 2

Possibly fromMiddle Low Germanbûgen,fromOld Saxonbūgan,fromProto-West Germanic*beugan(“to bend”).

Cognate withEnglishbow,Dutchbuigen,Germanbiegen.Swedishbugais also from Low German.

Verb

bue(imperativebu,infinitiveatbue,present tensebuer,past tensebuede,perfect tenseharbuet)

1. tocurve
2. toarch

Conjugation

Inflection ofbue

	present	past
simple	buer	buede
perfect	harbuet	havdebuet
passive	—	—
participle	buende	buet
imperative	bu	—
infinitive	bue	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	buen	—

French

Pronunciation

• Audio(Canada):

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Participle

buefsg

1. femininesingularofbu

Further reading

• “bue”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Italian

Etymology

FromVulgar Latin*boem,fromLatinbovem(“cow, bull, or ox”).CompareSpanishbuey.Doubletofbove.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈbu.e/
• Rhymes:-ue
• Hyphenation:bù‧e

• Audio:

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Noun

buem(pluralbuoi,derogatory(figurative only)buaccio(“dimwit, fool”),diminutive-derogatory(figurative only)buacciolo(“dimwit, fool”))

1. ox(adult castrated male of cattle)

   Synonyms:bove,manzo

2. (figurative)dimwit,fool

Related terms

• boaro
• buino

See also

• bisonte
• bufalo
• manzo
• mucca
• toro
• vacca
• vitello

Further reading

• buein Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line,Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Murui Huitoto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈbu.(w)ɛ]
• Hyphenation:bu‧e

Pronoun

¿bue?

1. what?

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983)Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I)(Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[1](in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page38
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017)A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[2],Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page140

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• boge

Etymology

FromDanishbue,fromOld Norsebogi,fromProto-Germanic*bugô.

Noun

buem(definite singularbuen,indefinite pluralbuer,definite pluralbuene)

1. abow(used in archery and music)
2. (architecture)anarch
3. (geometry)anarc

Derived terms

• bueskyting
• bueskytter
• buestreng
• langbue

References

• “bue”inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈbu.e]

Verb

bue

1. (intransitive)toswing,rock

Conjugation

Conjugation ofbue
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tobue	fobue	mibue
2nd	nobue	nibue
3rd	Masculine	obue	ibue,yobue†
Feminine	mobue
Neuter	ibue
†- archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001)A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia,University of Pittsburgh