bual

bual

English

Etymology

From Portuguese boal.[1]

Noun

bual (countable and uncountable, plural buals)

  1. A variety of madeira (wine) that is less sweet than malmsey.
    • 2002 March 13, Matt Lee, Ted Lee, “On Madeira, Bottled Treasure”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015:
      While most pedestrian Madeira is made from a utilitarian grape, the tinta negra mole, the best blends and vintages are created from one of seven noble grapes. The predominant ones are sercial, verdelho, bual (boal) and malvasia (malmsey). [] Bual offers sustained caramel and smoke and moderate sweetness.

References

  1. ^ Bual, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Further reading

Anagrams

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *bʉβal, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *būvalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos). Cognate with Cornish and Welsh bual.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbyːal/

Noun

bual m (plural bualed)

  1. buffalo

Mutation

Mutation of bual
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular bual vual unchanged pual
plural bualed vualed unchanged pualed

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *bʉβal, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *būvalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos). Cognate with Breton and Welsh bual.

Noun

bual m (plural bualyon)

  1. (male) bison, buffalo, wisent

Coordinate terms

Mutation

Mutation of bual
radical soft aspirate hard mixed
bual vual unchanged pual fual,
vual*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • bual” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buˈʔal/ [bʊˈʔal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: bu‧al

Noun

buwál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜀᜎ᜔) (dialectal)

  1. alternative form of buwal (fall flat on the ground)

Adjective

buál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜀᜎ᜔) (dialectal)

  1. alternative form of buwal (fallen flat on the ground)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buˈal/ [ˈbwal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: bu‧al

Noun

buál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜎ᜔)

  1. dated spelling of buwal (voile)

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh bual, from Proto-Brythonic *bʉβal, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos). Compare Breton bual.

Pronunciation

Noun

bual m (plural buail or bualod or bualau)

  1. (zoology) bison
  2. drinking horn

Mutation

Mutated forms of bual
radical soft nasal aspirate
bual fual mual unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “bual”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Makian

Etymology

Cognate with Ternate bua (termite).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.al̪/

Noun

bual

  1. a termite

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics