buča

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *bu- (with an extra onomatopoeic č(a), suggesting the sound of kissing), from Proto-Indo-European *bu- (“lip”). Some researchers suggest borrowing from Germanic; the majority opinion is that this word was not borrowed. Cognates include Lithuanian bùčius, bučinỹs, Belarusian буся (búsja), Bulgarian бузя (búzja, “cheek”), Polish buzia (“mouth; face; kiss”), Ukrainian бузя (búzja, “mouth”), Middle Low German bützen, German bussen (“to kiss”) (dialectal pussen), Swedish puss (“kiss”), Irish bus (“lip”), Albanian buzë (“lip”), Latin bucca (“mouth”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [butʃa]

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Noun

buča f (4th declension)

1. (colloquial) kiss (a touch with the lips, to express love, friendship, respect, devotion)

   viņš deva tai sirsnīgu buču ― he gave her a warmhearted kiss

   kad meita buču saņēmusi, tad viņa iesaucas: “tu pagāns!” un dara tā, it kā tā lūpas gribētu noslaucīt ― when the girl received the kiss, she exclaimed: “you heathen!” and did as if she wanted to wipe her lips clean

References

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bût͡ʃa/
• Hyphenation: bu‧ča

Noun

bȕča f (Cyrillic spelling бу̏ча)

1. Alternative form of bȕća

References

• “buča” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology

Latin buttis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbùːtʃa/
• Tonal orthography: búča

Noun

búča f (genitive búče, nominative plural búče)

1. (informal) head