Noun: buča
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | buča |
| Accusative | buču |
| Genitive | bučas |
| Dative | bučai |
| Instrumental | buču |
| Locative | bučā |
| Vocative | buča |
Plural
| Nominative | bučas |
| Accusative | bučas |
| Genitive | buču |
| Dative | bučām |
| Instrumental | bučām |
| Locative | bučās |
| Vocative | bučas |
Sample Sentences
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viņš deva tai sirsnīgu buču (he gave her a warmhearted kiss)
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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)
Nouns inflected like buča
tulkošana,
secība,
sezona,
saruna,
sajūta,
samaņa,
smarža,
skudra,
sklēra,
muļķība,
pirmdiena,
bebrāda,
skaudība,
kaklarota,
psihiatrija,
vīksna,
vīnoga,
izmaksa,
sešpaka,
melnaugļu aronija, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
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 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”). See: Bulgarian Nouns '
бу́зя', Polish Nouns '
buzia', Swedish Nouns '
puss', Irish Nouns '
bus', Latin Nouns '
bucca'.
Verbs referencing "buča"
English Nouns
buss.
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