Feminine
bugia
Frequency
Hyphenated as
bu‧gì‧a
Pronounced as (IPA)
/buˈd͡ʒi.a/
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Occitan bauzia, from Old Frankish *bausī (“deceit”) (possibly through a Vulgar Latin *bauscia (compare also Friulian bausie, Dalmatian bosca, Old French boisie), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bausuz (“puffed up, arrogant, bad”). Cognate with Dutch boos, German böse, English boast.
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