buoy

Etymology
From, , from , from (modern 🇨🇬), ultimately from. .

Alternatively, and perhaps less likely (due to the unexplained shift in meaning), from, from , from , from , , from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, indicate a navigational channel or for other purposes
 * 2) A life-buoy; a life preserver.
 * 1) A life-buoy; a life preserver.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Akan:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: شَمَنْدُورَة, عَوَّامَة
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese:
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani: şamandıra
 * Basque: buia
 * Belarusian: буй
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:, буй
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dhivehi:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: buo, naĝobarelo
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati:
 * Hawaiian: poe
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido:
 * Igbo:
 * Ingrian: veha
 * Irish: baoi
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Latin: attollo
 * Lithuanian: plūduras, buja
 * Macedonian: пловка
 * Malay: pelampung
 * Norman: boule, bondé
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: bøye
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovene:
 * Somali:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: boya
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: palutang
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish:
 * Modern Turkish:
 * Ottoman Turkish: شماندره, شماندوره
 * Ukrainian:
 * Uyghur: لەيمىلەك (Leymilek)
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: bwi
 * Wolof:
 * Yoruba:

Verb

 * 1)  To keep afloat or aloft; used with up.
 * 2)  To support or maintain at a high level.
 * 3)  To mark with a buoy.
 * 4) To maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence; to lift the spirits of.
 * 1) To maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence; to lift the spirits of.
 * 1) To maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence; to lift the spirits of.
 * 1) To maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence; to lift the spirits of.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: drijvend houden, vlottend houden
 * Finnish: pitää pinnalla, ;  pitää ilmassa, leijuttaa
 * French:
 * German: aufbojen, flott erhalten, auf der Wasseroberfläche halten, über Wasser halten;  ,
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: op dat Waterböverflach holen, över Water holen
 * Persian: شناور ماندن


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, hoog houden
 * Finnish:
 * German: oben halten, hoch halten,
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: baven holen, hooch holen


 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: merkitä poijulla, poijuttaa
 * German: mit einer Boje markieren, mit Bojen markieren, ausbojen,
 * Spanish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Portuguese: