(declension-2, poetic) kiss of the lips (esp. used this way in Catullus and Martial)
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
[ˈbaː.si.ũː]
Etimologia (Anglès)
Probably borrowed from Celtic, from an expressive root such as Proto-Indo-European *bu-. Compare Middle Irish pusóc (“kiss”), English buss, German Buss (“kiss”), Polish buzia, buziak (“kiss”), Lithuanian bučiúoti (“to kiss”), Albanian buzë (“lip”), and Persian بوس (bus, “kiss”).