bue

See also: Bue, bué, bue', bü, and BUE

Translingual

Symbol

bue

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Beothuk.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Beothuk terms

Asturian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *boem for Latin bovem, accusative singular of bōs.

Noun

bue m (plural bues)

1. bull
2. ox

Further reading

• “bue”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “bue”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥uːə]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bogi, from Proto-Germanic *bugô, cognate with Swedish båge, English bow, German Bogen.

Noun

bue c (singular definite buen, plural indefinite buer)

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

Declension

Declension of bue

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bue	buen	buer	buerne
genitive	bues	buens	buers	buernes

See also

• pil c

Etymology 2

Possibly from Middle Low German bûgen, from Old Saxon būgan, from Proto-West Germanic *beugan (“to bend”).

Cognate with English bow, Dutch buigen, German biegen. Swedish buga is also from Low German.

Verb

bue (imperative bu, infinitive at bue, present tense buer, past tense buede, perfect tense har buet)

1. to curve
2. to arch

Conjugation

Conjugation of bue

active passive present buer — past buede — infinitive bue — imperative bu — participle present buende past buet (auxiliary verb have) gerund buen

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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Participle

bue f sg

1. feminine singular of bu

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *boem, from Latin bovem (“cow, bull, or ox”). Compare Spanish buey. Doublet of bove.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.e/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ue
• Hyphenation: bù‧e

Noun

bue m (plural buoi, 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

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

Murui Huitoto

bue
Root	Classifier
buu-	-e

Etymology

The noun sense derives from a Murui myth, where the first word uttered by Muruima, the ancestor of the Murui, was "what?". Compare the similar semantic shift in Nüpode Huitoto nɨpode.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuwɛ]
• Hyphenation: bu‧e

Pronoun

¿bue?

1. what?

Declension

Declension of bue

	singular	plural
absolutive	bue	—
nominative	buedɨ	—
accusative	buena	—
dative/locative	buemo	—
ablative	buemona	—
instrumental	buedo	—
causal	bueri	—
privative	buenino	—
sequential	buenona	—

Noun

bue

1. Murui Huitoto (language)

Declension

Declension of bue

	singular	plural
absolutive	bue	—
nominative	buedɨ	—
accusative	buena	—
dative/locative	buemo	—
ablative	buemona	—
instrumental	buedo	—
causal	bueri	—
privative	buenino	—
sequential	buenona	—

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983), Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 38
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017), A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 140; 195

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• boge

Etymology

From Danish bue, from Old Norse bogi, from Proto-Germanic *bugô.

Noun

bue m (definite singular buen, indefinite plural buer, definite plural buene)

1. a bow (used in archery and music)
2. (architecture) an arch
3. (geometry) an arc

Derived terms

• bueskyting
• bueskytter
• buestreng
• langbue

References

• “bue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.e/

Verb

būe

1. inflection of būan:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive

Old Leonese

Alternative forms

• boe
• boy

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *boem for Latin bovem, accusative singular of bōs.

Noun

bue m

1. ox
   • 1274, Ordenances de Oviedo‎^[3]:

     meter la pieça de la vaca ho boe la peor con_la mellor

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1346, "A document from the 14th century":

     e de los quinze soldos el que auia bues ajudaualo con ellos hun dia a semar escanda

     and from the 15 workdays, may there be oxen helping them one day to sow einkorn

Descendants

• Asturian: güe, (Western) bue, buei
• Leonese: buei, bue
• Mirandese: bui (through an earlier buoi)

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay buai, through North Moluccan Malay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.e/

Verb

bue

1. (intransitive) to swing, rock

Conjugation

Conjugation of bue

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tobue	fobue	mibue
2nd person		nobue	nibue
3rd person	masculine	obue	ibue yobue (archaic)
	feminine	mobue
	neuter	ibue

References

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