bu-

    bu-

    English meaning: lip, kiss

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Lippe, Kuß”

    Note: as an imitation of the kiss sound, bursting of the sucking lip fastener from inside, thus actually differently from bu-, bhu- “ inflate “ with normal spraying after outside. Root bu- : “lip, kiss” derived from Root ku-, kus- (*kʷukʷh-): “to kiss” common Celtic - Greek kʷ- > p- phonetic mutatIon.

    Material: Pers. bōsīdan “kiss”; Alb. buzë “lip”; Maybe Alb. (*pus) puth “kiss” [common Alb. -s > -th shift] : Swe. puss “kiss”. M.Ir. bus, pus “lip”, busóc, pusóc “kiss” (in addition presumably Gaul. PN Bussumüros and buđđutton “mouth, kiss”); Ger. Buss “kiss”, bussen “kiss”, Busserl “kiss”, Eng. buss, Swe. (with regular consonant shift) puss “kiss”; Lith. bučiú oti “kiss”, buč the onomatopoeic word, sound of the kiss dental interjectIon. Pol. buzia “mouth, face; kiss”.

    Note: The same phonetic construction for Pol. buzia “mouth, face; kiss” : Alb. buzë, buza “lip” : Rom. buzů “lip” : Ital. bacio “mouth, face; kiss”, older Lat. basiatio -onis f. “kissing, a kiss”.

    References: WP. I 113 f., WH. II 98.