búa

Icelandic

/ˈpuːa/

verb-strong
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to reside, to live
  • (intransitive) to run a farm or home
  • (transitive) to prepare
  • (impersonal) used in set phrases

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse búa (reside, prepare, finish, dwell, make preparations, equip, dress) inherited from Proto-Germanic *būaną (build, dwell reside, reside, dwell) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (grow, become, be, appear, come into being, rise up, exist, thrive, curve, happen, live, bend, swell, dwell, prosper).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰuH-

Gloss

grow, become, be, appear, come into being, rise up, exist, thrive, curve, happen, live, bend, swell, dwell, prosper

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