First attested in 1776. Borrowed from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *bujь (“overexcited, volatile”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, to grow”).^[1] Compare Serbo-Croatian бујан (“exuberant, lush”), Old Church Slavonic боуи (bui, “stupid”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbujɒ]
• Hyphenation: bu‧ja
• Homophone: bulya
• Rhymes: -jɒ

buja (comparative bujább, superlative legbujább)

1. (of a person) sensual, lustful
2. (of vegetation) lush, exuberant

• buja in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• buja in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

buja

1. card

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ja/
• Rhymes: -uja
• Syllabification: bu‧ja

buja

1. third-person singular present of bujać

Clipping of bojarda.

buja f (plural bujas)

1. (informal, chiefly sports) a violent shoot

   Não vale bujas! ― Violent shoots are not allowed!

• “buja”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

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