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Yes. The word buna is a Scrabble US word. The word buna is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word buna is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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4-letter words (1 found)

BUNA,

3-letter words (4 found)

BAN,BUN,NAB,NUB,

2-letter words (6 found)

AB,AN,BA,NA,NU,UN,

You can make 11 words from buna according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of buna

buna ubna bnua nbua unba nuba buan uban baun abun uabn aubn bnau nbau banu abnu nabu anbu unab nuab uanb aunb naub anub

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word buna. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in buna.

Definitions and meaning of buna

buna

Afar

Alternative forms

  • bún, búun (Northern Afar)

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ቡና (buna). Cognates include Oromo buna and Sidamo buna.

Pronunciation

  • búna: IPA(key): /ˈbunʌ/
  • buná: IPA(key): /buˈnʌ/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧na

Noun

búna m  or buná f (plural bunitté f)

  1. (Southern Afar) coffee

Declension

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “buna”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Didier Morin (2012) “BUNA”, in Dictionnaire afar-français (Djibouti, Erythrée, Ethiopie), Karthala, →ISBN, page 252
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Azerbaijani

Pronoun

buna

  1. dative singular of bu

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bu‧na

Noun

buna

  1. the forehead

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin bonus. Compare Romanian bună.

Adjective

buna f

  1. feminine singular of bun
    Buna dai. ― Good day.
    Buna siara. ― Good evening.
    Buna nuot. ― Good night.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʏːna/
  • Rhymes: -ʏːna

Noun

buna f (genitive singular bunu, nominative plural bunur)

  1. (countable) jet (of water), spurt
  2. (uncountable) loquacity, talkativeness

Declension

Verb

buna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bunaði, supine bunað)

  1. (intransitive) to spurt, to gush

Conjugation

Italian

Etymology

Blend of bu[tadiene] +‎ na[trium] (“sodium”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.na/
  • Rhymes: -una
  • Hyphenation: bù‧na

Noun

buna f (uncountable)

  1. Buna rubber

See also

  • gomma

Further reading

  • buna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • nuba

Oromo

Etymology

From Amharic ቡና (buna). Cognates include Afar buna and Sidamo buna.

Noun

buna

  1. coffee

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbu.na]

Adjective

buna

  1. definite nominative/accusative feminine singular of bun

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

buna m

  1. genitive singular of bun

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *buna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǔːna/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧na

Noun

búna f (Cyrillic spelling бу́на)

  1. rebellion, uprising, mutiny

Declension

Sidamo

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ቡና (buna). Cognates include Afar buna and Oromo buna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuna/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧na

Noun

buna m  (uncountable)

  1. coffee

Declension

References

  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 81
  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “buna”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Swazi

Verb

-buna

  1. to wither

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Thao

Noun

buna

  1. sweet potato

Turkish

Pronoun

buna

  1. dative singular of bu

Xhosa

Etymology

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Verb

-buna

  1. (transitive) to shed
  2. (intransitive) to wither

Inflection

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Yogad

Noun

buná

  1. leftover

Zulu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

-buna

  1. (intransitive) to wilt, to wither, to shrivel
  2. (intransitive) to become emaciated

Inflection

References

  • C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “ɓuna”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ɓuna (6.3)”

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