Buhn.

Brit.

/bə/, U.S.

/bə/, Caribbean English

/bʌ/

Forms:

α. 1800s– B', 1800s– Buh, 1900s– B'o', 1900s– Bo.

β. 1800s– Bur, 1900s– Boro.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item.

Etymology: Representing a U.S. regional (chiefly in African-American usage) or Caribbean pronunciation of brother n. Compare earlier bro n. II., bredda n. and later bra n.¹, Brer n., bruh n.

Chiefly U.S. regional (southern, esp. in African-American usage) and Caribbean.

As a title preceding a man's name, esp. a forename: ‘Brother’.Chiefly in the names of male animals in African-American and Caribbean folk tales; cf. Brer n., bro n. 3a, bredda n. 2.

ΚΠ

1866 Scott's Monthly Mag. Sept. 694/1 As for the grand and humorous series of ‘Buh Rabbit, Buh Wolf, and Buh Buff’, what printed account could do justice to her telling of them?

1888 C. C. Jones Negro Myths from Georgia Coast vii. 17 Buh Wolf an Buh Rabbit all two bin a spark at um an a cote um.

1927 E. C. L. Adams Congaree Sketches xxix. 70 Dey 'scused de buzzard of eatin' bur rabbit brother.

1936 in E. C. Parsons Folk-lore Antilles II. 432 An' Bo Nancy ax him why?

1966 D. J. Crowley I could talk Old-story Good 29 B'Jack.—or Mr. Jack, a clever boy hero.

2001 C. Joyner in D. Sullivan-González South & Caribbean 37 The folk-hero of the New World slaves was such an animal trickster—typically the spider—Buh 'Nansi—in the Caribbean, Buh Rabbit in the Carolina lowcountry.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	buh
释义	Buhn. Brit. /bə/, U.S. /bə/, Caribbean English /bʌ/ Forms: α. 1800s– B', 1800s– Buh, 1900s– B'o', 1900s– Bo. β. 1800s– Bur, 1900s– Boro. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymology: Representing a U.S. regional (chiefly in African-American usage) or Caribbean pronunciation of brother n. Compare earlier bro n. II., bredda n. and later bra n.¹, Brer n., bruh n. Chiefly U.S. regional (southern, esp. in African-American usage) and Caribbean. As a title preceding a man's name, esp. a forename: ‘Brother’.Chiefly in the names of male animals in African-American and Caribbean folk tales; cf. Brer n., bro n. 3a, bredda n. 2. ΚΠ 1866 Scott's Monthly Mag. Sept. 694/1 As for the grand and humorous series of ‘Buh Rabbit, Buh Wolf, and Buh Buff’, what printed account could do justice to her telling of them? 1888 C. C. Jones Negro Myths from Georgia Coast vii. 17 Buh Wolf an Buh Rabbit all two bin a spark at um an a cote um. 1927 E. C. L. Adams Congaree Sketches xxix. 70 Dey 'scused de buzzard of eatin' bur rabbit brother. 1936 in E. C. Parsons Folk-lore Antilles II. 432 An' Bo Nancy ax him why? 1966 D. J. Crowley I could talk Old-story Good 29 B'Jack.—or Mr. Jack, a clever boy hero. 2001 C. Joyner in D. Sullivan-González South & Caribbean 37 The folk-hero of the New World slaves was such an animal trickster—typically the spider—Buh 'Nansi—in the Caribbean, Buh Rabbit in the Carolina lowcountry. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1866
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