Bua

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• ’Ba, Boa, Boua, Bwa

Bua

1. A language spoken in Chad

Borrowed from Italian Bua.

Bua (plural Buas)

1. A surname from Italian.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bua is the 36900^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 605 individuals. Bua is most common among White (92.07%) individuals.

• Ethnologue entry for Bua, bub ⁠
• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bua”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 242.

• ABU, Abu, bau

• pua (Cimbrian, Mòcheno)

Possibly from unattested Middle High German *buo, *bue and Old High German *buo (“knave”), from Old High German Buobo, a male name of unknown meaning. Cognates include German Bub, Bube, Dutch boef (“villain”), Norwegian boa. Probably also related to boy; see there for more.

• IPA^(key): /b̥uɐ̯/

Bua m (plural Buam or Buama, diminutive Buali or Burli, feminine Madl)

1. boy

From a variant of bue (“ox”), a nickname for a herdsman or for powerfully built man.

Bua m or f by sense

1. a surname

Bua m (plural Buares or Buasch)

1. farmer