buo

• Hyphenation: bu‧o

buo

1. the parasitic plant Rafflesia schadenbergiana

• ubo

Borrowed from French bouée.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuo/
• Rhymes: -uo
• Hyphenation: bu‧o

buo (accusative singular buon, plural buoj, accusative plural buojn)

1. (nautical) buoy

   Synonym: naĝobarelo

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *pjɔu (“three”). Cognate with White Hmong peb and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] bub.

buo

1. three

• boo — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

From Proto-Central Philippine *buʔuʔ (“whole”). Compare Asi buo, Cebuano tibuok, and Waray-Waray buok.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buˈʔoʔ/ [bʊˈʔoʔ]
  • Rhymes: -oʔ
• (now dialectal, Batangas, Quezon) IPA^(key): /ˈbuʔoʔ/ [ˈbuː.ʔoʔ]
  • Rhymes: -uʔoʔ
• (Marinduque) IPA^(key): /ˈbuʔo/ [ˈbuː.ʔo], /buˈʔo/ [bʊˈʔo]
  • Rhymes: -uʔo, -o
• Syllabification: bu‧o

buô (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜂ)

1. whole; entire

   Synonyms: lahat, lahat-lahat

2. complete; absolute; perfect

   Synonyms: ganap, lubos, kompleto

3. intact; sound

   Synonyms: walang-sira, walang-basag

4. united

   Synonyms: nagkakaisa, magkakaisa

5. solid
6. completed; finished

   Synonyms: tapos, yari

buô (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜂ)

1. whole piece; total; sum
2. unification

   Synonyms: pag-iisa, pagbubuo

3. (by extension) single currency unit (usually a banknote) equal to quantity required

   May buo ka pa ba riyan sa limampung piso?

   Do you have a banknote (of fifty pesos) left there for (a charge of) fifty pesos?

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbuʔoʔ/ [ˈbuː.ʔoʔ]
• Rhymes: -uʔoʔ
• Syllabification: bu‧o

buò (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜂ) (obsolete)

1. alternative form of buho

• “buo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• ubo

Possibly from Malay buah; compare Malay berbuah.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbu.o]

buo

1. (stative) to be fruitful

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh