bouba

Attested since circa 1846. Perhaps from Latin balbus.[1] Compare Spanish bobo.

• IPA^(key): [bowβɐ]

bouba f (plural boubas)

1. lie, fib
2. hoax
   • 1886, in O Galiciano, 91, p. 3:

     O que a ti che compría ,repriquei, era unha boa vragasta polo lombo; sempre foches un perdido, e pra botar un día máis de pándega aporveitaste desa bouba da fin do mundo ...

     "What you need", I reply, "is a good rod down your back; yo have always been a dissolute guy, and for having one more day of fun you are taking advantage of this hoax about the end of the world …"

Attested since circa 1750. From Medieval Latin būbō, from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).

• buba

• IPA^(key): [bowβɐ]

bouba f (plural boubas)

1. blister
2. a sickness of cattle

• “bouba” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “bouba” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “bouba” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “bouba” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

bouba f (plural boubas)

1. yaws