bubon

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubun.

• IPA^(key): /buˈbon/ [buˈbon̪]
• Hyphenation: bu‧bon

bubón (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜊᜓᜈ᜔)

1. well (for water)

bubon

1. accusative singular of bubo

Borrowed from Medieval Latin būbō, from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).

• IPA^(key): /by.bɔ̃/

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bubon m (plural bubons)

1. bubo

• bubonique

• → Portuguese: bubão

• “bubon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubun.

• IPA^(key): /buˈbon/ [buˈbon]
• Hyphenation: bu‧bón

bubón

1. well (for water)

From Proto-Slavic *bǫbьnъ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian bubon, Polish bęben, Czech buben, Serbo-Croatian bȗbanj.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbubɔn/

bubon m inan (diminutive bubonk)

1. (music) drum

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “bubon”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “bubon”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubun.

bubon

1. well (for collecting water)

Borrowed from French bubon. Possibly a doublet of bubă.

bubon n (plural buboane)

1. bubo

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bǫbьnъ. Cognate with Polish bęben, Czech buben, Serbo-Croatian bȗbanj.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbubɔn]

bubon m inan (relational adjective bubnový, diminutive bubník or bubníček, augmentative bubnisko)

1. drum (musical instrument)

• “bubon”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025