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单词 buveera
释义

buveeran.

Brit. /buːˈvɛːrə/, U.S. /buˈvɛrə/, East African English /buˈvera/
Inflections: Plural unchanged, buveeras.
Forms: 1900s– buveera, 1900s– buvera.
Origin: A borrowing from Luganda. Etymon: Luganda (o)buveera.
Etymology: < Luganda (o)buveera < (o)bu- , plural class prefix + -veera (single-use) plastic bag. Compare kaveera n.Originally a plural, but also used as a singular in English (sometimes with a secondary plural form in -s ). In Luganda, the singular is kaveera kaveera n.
Ugandan English.
With plural agreement: plastic bags, plastic packaging. Cf. kaveera n.
ΚΠ
1994 Rep. Sectoral Comm. 1994/95 Budget (Uganda National Resistance Council) 76 The Committee..called upon the Directorate to pursue the possibility of recycling the buvera by the private sector.
2005 Africa News: Monitor (Uganda) (Nexis) 6 Mar. The environment is still littered with buveeras everywhere.
2020 @IkoteBrian 31 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 11 Jan. 2021) I came from Port Bell Supermarket literally running with buveera of groceries and shopping.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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