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-bu
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Darumbal
Suffix
xgm suffix inflectional suffixes
Used to form the ergative/instrumental form of nouns ending in nasals
References
en 2002 Angela Terrill Dharumbal: the language of Rockhampton, Australia Canberra Australian National University Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies Pacific Linguistics 525 0858834626 https://archive.org/details/terrill-dharumbal/ 30.
Japanese
Romanization
ぶ
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
nb /bʉː/
nb ʉː 1
nb -bu
Etymology 1
nb non búi dweller, inhabitant; farmer, from non búa to live, dwell; farm, from nb gem-pro *būaną to dwell, live, cultivate. The suffix originally denotes someone who lives or dwells in a place, and is used in inhabitant names formed from place names or landscape terms.
Compare nn -bu, sv -bo and da -bo inhabitant-forming suffix.
Suffix
nb suffix m
Used to form masculine nouns denoting an inhabitant or person from the place or area named by the base.
nb Jæren -bu place name inhabitant-forming suffix → nb jærbu person from Jæren
nb Skudenes -bu place name inhabitant-forming suffix → nb skudenesbu person from Skudeneshavn or Skudenes
Usage notes
The suffix is characteristic of several inhabitant names in western Norway, especially in Rogaland and nearby areas.
Derived terms
nb dalbu<t:person from a valley> fjellbu<t:person from a mountain area> jærbu<t:person from Jæren> karmøybu<t:person from Karmøy> saudabu<t:person from Sauda> skudenesbu<t:person from Skudeneshavn or Skudenes> solabu<t:person from Sola> stordabu<t:person from Stord> timebu<t:person from Time> 2 0
Etymology 2
Corresponding to nb -bo, from nb bo to live, dwell, from nb non búa to live, dwell. In botanical terminology, the element is used with prefixes such as nb en- one, nb sam- together, same, nb sær- separate and nb tve- two to describe whether male and female reproductive organs occur on the same plant or on separate plants.
Compare nn -bu and da -bo botany suffix.
Alternative forms
nb -bo
Suffix
nb suffix
nb botany Used to form adjectives characterizing the arrangement of male and female reproductive organs in plants; -oecious.
nb en -bu one -oecious → nb enbu monoecious
nb sær -bu separate -oecious → nb særbu dioecious
Derived terms
nb enbu<t:monoecious> sambu<t:monoecious; cohabiting> særbu<t:dioecious> tvebu<t:dioecious> 0
References
-bu
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
nn ine-pro *bʰuH-
From nn non búi m inhabitant.
Suffix
nn suffix
Used to create demonyms denoting people from wherever the first part suggests.
nn botany -oecious Used to form adjectives denoting the arrangement of sexual organs in plants.
Derived terms
nn
nn noun-forming suffixes