buo

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bu‧o

Noun

buo

1. the parasitic plant Rafflesia schadenbergiana

Anagrams

• ubo

Esperanto

Verda buo

Etymology

Borrowed from French bouée.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuo]
• Rhymes: -uo
• Hyphenation: bu‧o

Noun

buo (accusative singular buon, plural buoj, accusative plural buojn)

1. (nautical) buoy

   Synonym: naĝobarelo

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *pjɔu (“three”). Cognate with White Hmong peb and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] bub.

Numeral

buo

1. three

Tagalog

Tagalog numbers ^(edit)

		10[a], [b], [c], [d], [e], [f], [g]
		1	2  →	10  → [a], [b], [c], [d], [e], [f], [g]
Cardinal: isa     Spanish cardinal: uno     Ordinal: una, pang-una, ikaisa     Spanish ordinal: primero, primera     Ordinal abbreviation: ika-1, pang-1     Adverbial: minsan     Multiplier: isang ibayo     Distributive: tig-isa, isahan, isa-isa     Restrictive: iisa     Fractional: buo
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Alternative forms

• boo — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology 1

From Proto-Central Philippine *buʔuʔ (“whole”). Compare Asi buo, Cebuano tibuok, and Waray-Waray buok.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buˈʔoʔ/ [bʊˈʔoʔ]
  • Rhymes: -oʔ
• (now dialectal, Batangas, Quezon) IPA^(key): /ˈbuʔoʔ/ [ˈbuː.ʔoʔ]
  • Rhymes: -uʔoʔ
• (Marinduque) IPA^(key): /ˈbuʔo/ [ˈbuː.ʔo], /buˈʔo/ [bʊˈʔo]
  • Rhymes: -uʔo, -o
• Syllabification: bu‧o

Adjective

buô (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜂ)

1. whole; entire

   Synonyms: lahat, lahat-lahat

2. complete; absolute; perfect

   Synonyms: ganap, lubos, kompleto

3. intact; sound

   Synonyms: walang-sira, walang-basag

4. united

   Synonyms: nagkakaisa, magkakaisa

5. solid
6. completed; finished

   Synonyms: tapos, yari

Noun

buô (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜂ)

1. whole piece; total; sum
2. unification

   Synonyms: pag-iisa, pagbubuo

3. (by extension) single currency unit (usually a banknote) equal to quantity required

   May buo ka pa ba riyan sa limampung piso?

   Do you have a banknote (of fifty pesos) left there for (a charge of) fifty pesos?

Derived terms

• bumuo
• buoin
• buombilang
• buombilangin
• buong-buo
• kabuoan
• mabuo
• magbuo
• magpabuo
• makabuo
• mamuo
• nakabubuo
• pagbubuo
• pagbuo
• pagkabuo
• pagkakabuo
• pambuo
• pamumuo
• pamuoin
• pinsang buo
• sa kabuoan

See also

• masiso

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbuʔoʔ/ [ˈbuː.ʔoʔ]
• Rhymes: -uʔoʔ
• Syllabification: bu‧o

Noun

buò (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜂ) (obsolete)

1. Alternative form of buho

Further reading

• “buo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• ubo

Ternate

Etymology

Possibly from Malay buah; compare Malay berbuah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbu.o]

Verb

buo

1. (stative) to be fruitful

Conjugation

Conjugation of buo

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tobuo	fobuo	mibuo
2nd person		nobuo	nibuo
3rd person	masculine	obuo	ibuo yobuo (archaic)
	feminine	mobuo
	neuter	ibuo

References

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