buča
Latvian
noun
Definitions
- (colloquial) kiss a touch with the lips, to express love, friendship, respect, devotion
Etymology
Derived from *bu- derived from Proto-Indo-European *bu- (swell, lip).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bu-
Gloss
swell, lip
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- buccal English
- bus English
- bukkaalinen Finnish
- pusu Finnish
- *buccata Latin
- *buccula Latin
- *imbuccāre Latin
- *imbuccō Latin
- botum Latin
- bucca Latin
- buccula Latin
- bucculentus Latin
- būca Latin
- bocca Italian
- buccal French
- embouchure French
- *bu- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeHw- Proto-Indo-European
- bochecha Portuguese
- *pūto Proto-Germanic
- puss Swedish
- buzia Polish
- buziak Polish
- buzieczka Polish
- buziuchna Polish
- buziulka Polish
- buźka Polish
- bus Irish
- buslána Irish
- bustoipeolaíocht Irish
- busáras Irish
- boche Old French
- bouge Old French
- boca Catalan, Valencian
- bucă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- buged Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- boko Ido
- bòc Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- budhë Albanian
- buzë Albanian
- buzëqesh Albanian
- boca Old Portuguese
- bucigiar Old Portuguese
- bucã Aromanian
- budzã Aromanian
- boca Occitan
- boca Asturian
- bocje Friulian
- bocha Old Occitan
- bucca Sicilian
- buccularu Sicilian
- vucca Sicilian
- *budjā Proto-Albanian
- buca Dalmatian
- *box Proto-Brythonic
- boke Walloon
- bôche Bourguignon
- vocca Neapolitan
- bucheîn Istriot
- bucun Istriot
- boca Aragonese
- *bu- bat-pro