büä

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bua"

Volapük

Etymology

From bü +‎ -ä.

Conjunction

büä

1. before, ere
   • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: VI:

     Fat olsik sevom utosi, kelosi neodols, büä plekols ome.

     Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

   • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: I:

     Ven mot omik: ‚Maria’ ämatirajanof ko ‚Ioseph’, äplakoy, das büä ikobikons, pigrodükof fa Saludalanal.

     His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.