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Is bubu a Scrabble word?

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

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

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4-letter words (1 found)

BUBU,

3-letter words (1 found)

BUB,

You can make 2 words from bubu according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of bubu

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Definitions and meaning of bubu

bubu

Albanian

Interjection

bubu

  1. alas

Asturian

Noun

bubu m (plural bubos)

  1. grain

Aukan

Etymology

Probably from Kongo m-bùubu (“dread, something dreadful, darkness”). Compare Saramaccan bubú (“jaguar”) and Sranan Tongo bubu (“bogeyman”).

Noun

bubu

  1. jaguar, Panthera onca

References

Guugu Yimidhirr

Noun

bubu

  1. land, dirt, place

Indonesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Noun

bubu

  1. fish trap

Kavalan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Noun

bubu

  1. conical bamboo basket, a fish trap

References

  • Paul Jen-kuei Li (李壬癸), Shigeru Tsuchida (土田滋) (2006) Kavalan Dictionary (噶瑪蘭語詞典) (Language and Linguistics Monograph Series; A-19)‎[1], Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bubu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubu, from Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bubu/
  • Rhymes: -ubu, -bu, -u

Noun

bubu (Jawi spelling بوبو, plural bubu-bubu, informal 1st possessive bubuku, 2nd possessive bubumu, 3rd possessive bubunya)

  1. fish trap

Synonyms

  • lukah

Descendants

  • Indonesian: bubu

References

  • "bubu" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
  • “bubu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bubu

  1. accusative singular of buba

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Probably from Kongo m-bùubu (“dread, something dreadful, darkness”). Compare Aukan bubu (“jaguar”) and Saramaccan bubú (“jaguar”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈbu/

Noun

bubu

  1. bogeyman, bugbear, monster

References

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

bubu (ma class, plural mabubu)

  1. dumb person
  2. mute person

Taroko

Noun

bubu

  1. mother

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbu.bu]

Noun

bubu

  1. a fin or flipper of a fish

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbu.bu]

Verb

bubu

  1. (transitive) to drill, bore a hole
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbu.bu]

Verb

bubu

  1. (transitive) to put out in the rain

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tetum

Verb

bubu

  1. to swell

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Possibly from Hiri Motu tubu (“grandparent”)

Noun

bubu

  1. grandparent
  2. any elderly relative

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