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Buča

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 бу́ся (búsja), Bulgarian бу́зя (búzja, “cheek”), Polish buzia (“mouth; face; kiss”), Ukrainian бу́зя (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]

buča f (4th declension)

  1. (colloquial) kiss (a touch with the lips, to express love, friendship, respect, devotion)
    Synonym: skūpsts
    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
  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “buča”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

bȕča f (Cyrillic spelling бу̏ча)

  1. alternative form of bȕća

From Latin buttis.

búča f

  1. pumpkin, squash
  2. (informal) head
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. búča
gen. sing. búče
singular dual plural
nominative(imenovȃlnik) búča búči búče
genitive(rodȋlnik) búče búč búč
dative(dajȃlnik) búči búčama búčam
accusative(tožȋlnik) búčo búči búče
locative(mẹ̑stnik) búči búčah búčah
instrumental(orọ̑dnik) búčo búčama búčami