different between babu vs bub

English

Alternative forms

• baboo (dated)

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (b?b?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??bu?/

Noun

babu (plural babus)

1. (India) A Hindu title of respect, equivalent to Mr., usually appended to the surname of a Hindu man [from 18th c.]
   • 1989, Amitav Ghosh, Shadow Lines:

     I could see Kana-babu’s sweet-shop at the end of their lane with absolute clarity.

2. (India) (Originally) a Hindu gentleman employed to work as a clerk for the colonial administration; now, a clerk or low-ranking government official. [from 19th c.]
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘His Chance in Life’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 57:

     The Babu put on his cap and quietly dropped out of the window

   • 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days, Chapter 2 [1]

     Office babus are the real rulers of this country now. Our number's up. Best thing we can do is to shut up shop and let 'em stew in their own juice.

Derived terms

• babudom
• babuism

Indonesian

Noun

babu (first-person possessive babuku, second-person possessive babumu, third-person possessive babunya)

1. housemaid

See also

• jongo

Jarawa

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (b?b?). Cognate to Önge babu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /babu/

Noun

babu

1. official, officer (of the Indian government of the Andamans)

References

• Kumar, Pramod (2012). Descriptive and Typological Study of Jarawa (PhD). Jawaharlal Nehru University. Page 111, 141, 187.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?babu]

Noun

babu

1. accusative/instrumental singular of baba

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

babu (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. accusative singular of baba

Shabo

Adjective

babu

1. two

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?babu]

Noun

babu

1. accusative singular of baba

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

babu (n class, plural babu)

1. grandfather (from either side)

Coordinate terms

• bibi

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *papu. The initial b- was introduced by analogy with Russian ??? (bob).

Noun

babu

1. bean

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “???”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Yindjibarndi

Noun

babu

1. father

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b?b/
• Rhymes: -?b

Etymology 1

Probably imitative of the sound of drinking.

Noun

bub (uncountable)

1. (slang, historical) An alcoholic malt liquor, especially beer.
   • 1838, Samuel Morewood, A Philosophical and Statistical History of the Inventions and Customs of Ancient and Modern Nations in the Manufacture and Use of Inebriating Liquors, page 662,

     Bub is made from ground barley and strong worts, and sometimes from strong small worts from the coolers, properly blended and boiled with some hops, in the proportion of one pound to a barrel of worts.

Etymology 2

Contraction of bubby.

Noun

bub (plural bubs)

1. (slang) A woman's breast.
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Penguin 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 631:

     ‘Mr. Blanford, I esteem that there is nothing more sublime in nature than a glimpse of an English lady's bubs.’

Etymology 3

Either a corruption of brother, a modification of bud, or a borrowing from Pennsylvania German Bub or Southern German Bub (as was spoken in various communities in America before the early 20th century), ultimately thought to be derived from Proto-Germanic *b?- (“close [male] relation”) and thus cognate to English boy and babe.

Noun

bub (plural bubs)

1. A term of familiar address; bubba; bubby.
   • 1857, T. B. Aldrich, What Jedd Pallfry found in the Coffin, The Knickerbocker, Volume 49, page 23,

     So he changed his brusque manner, and inquired, in a tone which was intended to be extremely conciliatory :

     ‘ What?s your name, bub ? ’

     ‘ The last one, Sir ? ’ asked bub, looking up.

   • 1857, Clara Augusta, Mrs. Peter Dame, George R. Graham, Graham?s Illustrated Magazine, Volume 50, page 398,

     Mrs. Peter filled her pocket with the cherries — “ Victoria and bub are so fond of them!” and we scrambled into the wagon.

2. A young brother; a little boy; a familiar term of address for a small boy.

Etymology 4

Noun

bub (plural bubs)

1. (Australia, slang) A baby.

Etymology 5

Shortened from bubble and bubbly.

Noun

bub (plural bubs)

1. Abbreviation of bubble.
2. (slang) champagne; bubbly.
   • 2003, 50 Cent, "In da Club":

     "You find me in da club, bottle full of bub"

Verb

bub (third-person singular simple present bubs, present participle bubbing, simple past and past participle bubbed)

1. (obsolete) To throw out in bubbles; to bubble.
   • 1563, Thomas Sackville, The Induction

     We passed on so far forth till we saw
     Rude Acheron, a loathsome lake to tell,
     That boils and bubs up swelth as black as hell

Meriam

Noun

bub

1. chest

Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *bubu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubu, from Proto-Austronesian *bubu.

Noun

bub

1. fish trap

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bub]

Noun

bub (nominative plural bubs)

1. (male or female) bovine (animal), bull, cow

Declension

Synonyms

• jixol (dated)
• smakun (dated)
• smaxol (dated)
• xoil (dated)
• xol (dated)

Derived terms

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