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)

1. (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