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Is buba a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word buba is a Scrabble US word. The word buba is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word buba is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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4-letter words (2 found)

BABU,BUBA,

3-letter words (2 found)

ABB,BUB,

2-letter words (2 found)

AB,BA,

You can make 6 words from buba according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of buba

buba ubba bbua bbua ubba buba buab ubab baub abub uabb aubb bbau bbau babu abbu babu abbu ubab buab uabb aubb baub abub

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Definitions and meaning of buba

buba

Etymology

Yoruba buba

Noun

buba (plural bubas)

  1. A woman's blouse worn in West African countries.

Catalan

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin būbō (“bubo”), from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈbu.βə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈbu.bə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈbu.ba]

Noun

buba f (plural bubes)

  1. pimple
    Synonym: bua
  2. pox

Derived terms

  • bua

Related terms

  • bubó

Further reading

  • “buba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dení

Noun

buba f

  1. walking palm (Socratea exorrhiza)
  2. floor made from the wood of the walking palm
  3. floor

References

  • “buba” in Gordon Koop, Lois Koop, Dicionário deni-português, Associação Internacional de Lingüística - SIL Brasil, 1985.

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuba/

Noun

buba

  1. biceps

References

  • (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bǫba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bûba/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ba

Noun

bȕba f (Cyrillic spelling бу̏ба)

  1. bug
  2. beetle

Declension

References

  • “buba” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Compare Yoruba bùbá (“outer garment”), Baoule bui (“bark (skin)”), Kongo búuba (“outfit; small piece of cloth worn by a woman”), Mandinka bubá (“blouse”), Wolof buba (“garments”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Niger-Congo *-kwuba (“skin (bark, husk)”).

Noun

buba

  1. skin
  2. (by extension), skin colour, race
  3. fur
  4. fleece
  5. peel
  6. shell
  7. husk
  8. crust
  9. bark
  10. sapwood
  11. sheath

Descendants

  • Aukan: buba

References

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

buba (n class, plural buba)

  1. yaws

References

  • M J F Cooper (2007 November 15) Swahili Medical Dictionary and Phrasebook, 2nd edition, Lulu.com, page 56

West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.ba/

Verb

buba

  1. (stative) alternative form of boba (“to call, summon”)

Conjugation

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[5], Pacific linguistics

Yoruba

Etymology

Compare Baoule bui (“bark (skin)”), Kongo búuba (“outfit; small piece of cloth worn by a woman”), Mandinka bubá (“blouse”), Wolof buba (“garments”), Sranan Tongo buba (“skin”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Niger-Congo *-kwuba (“skin (bark, husk)”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bù.bá/

Noun

bùbá

  1. (fashion) blouse or outer garment worn by women
    Synonym: bùbá obìnrin
  2. (fashion) top or outer garment worn by men
    Synonym: bùbá ọkùnrin
  3. (fashion) inner garment worn by men typically under an agbada

Source: wiktionary.org