bui
Indonesian
[ˈbui̯]
noun
Definitions
- buoy.
- (colloquial) prison
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish boei (buoy, shackle) derived from Middle Dutch boeye (buoy, life buoy, float, fetter, shackle) derived from Old French boie (chain, clog, fetter) derived from Latin boia (fetter, band, collar, neck collar, a collar).
Origin
Latin
boia
Gloss
fetter, band, collar, neck collar, a collar
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
襟
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *boiester Latin
- *bovestris Latin
- boia Latin
- boia Italian
- ankerboei Dutch, Flemish
- boei Dutch, Flemish
- boeien Dutch, Flemish
- handboei Dutch, Flemish
- markeerboei Dutch, Flemish
- meerboei Dutch, Flemish
- bouée French
- буй Russian
- βοείη Ancient Greek
- βόεος Ancient Greek
- boy Middle English
- boie Old French
- buie Old French
- boeye Middle Dutch
- boei Afrikaans
- boue, boue(e) Middle French
- boie Middle Low German
- буй Ukrainian
- *baukn Frankish
- bui Sranan Tongo