buoba

Latgalian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *baba. Doublet of baba.

Cognates include Latvian bāba and Latvian boba.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbùɔ̯ba]
Hyphenation: buo‧ba

Noun

buoba f (diminutive buobeņa)

(colloquial) wife

Declension

Declension of buoba (type 4 noun)

	singular	plural
nominative	buoba	buobys, buobas¹⁾
genitive	buobys, buobas¹⁾	buobu
dative	buobai	buobom
accusative	buobu	buobys, buobas¹⁾
instrumental	buobu	buobom
locative	buobā	buobuos
vocative	buoba, buob	buobys, buobas¹⁾
¹⁾ dialectal

Synonyms

(more formal) sīva

References

A. Andronov, L. Leikuma (2008) Latgalīšu-Latvīšu-Krīvu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava, →ISBN, page 10

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