buj

English

Noun

buj (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of bujj (“heroin”)

Albanian

Alternative forms

• bûj — Gheg

Etymology

From *bunj, from Proto-Albanian *budnja, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-ne/o, from *bʰewdʰ- (“to be wake, keep watch”) (compare Proto-Slavic *buditi (“to wake, to rouse”), Lithuanian budė́ti). According to Georgiev, from Thracian βουνον (vounon)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buj/

Verb

buj (aorist bujta, participle bujtur)

1. to lodge, provide room and board
2. to stay overnight

Synonyms

• banoj

Derived terms

• bun, bujtinë, përbûj (Gheg), bujar

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuj]

Verb

buj

1. second-person singular imperative of bujet

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin buxus, of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos). Doublet of bujo, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbux/ [ˈbux]
• Rhymes: -ux
• Syllabification: buj

Noun

buj m (plural bujes)

1. (Burgos, rare) box (tree), boxwood

   Synonym: bujo

Further reading

• “buj”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014