buime

• muime

Alteration of older muime, from Old Irish muimme, from Proto-Celtic *mammā.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɪmʲə/

buime f (genitive singular buime, nominative plural buimí)

1. nurse (person who takes care of other people's young), nanny
2. foster mother

• “buime”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muim(m)e”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “buime”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 99
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buime”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

buime f

1. Alternative form of muime