The Macedonian word "bamuja".

[Mygdon]

Hey there,

As you can see i'm new here and to introduce myself a little bit...I'm a 25 years old male living in Vienna, Austria. My origin derives from a small village called Erekovci which locates between Prilep and Bitola, about 20 Km away from the borders or the wonderfully reanimated hellenic state.

Anyways, back to the title of the topic..
Does anyone have an idea where the word "bamuja" comes from? I can't think of any english synonom for it, it's also hard to explain what "bamuja" actually means. Maybe people in this forum who've got their origin from the same area could help me out because i'm very curious about it. I wonder if it's slavic or not. It's only used in the south of Macedonia, I think, not totally sure though.

Bye for now.

[Soldier of Macedon]

Welcome Artemi.

The word "Bamuja" is a dialectal variant in some parts of Macedonia, deriving from "Eba mu ja (majkata)".

Interesting to know is the following:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuck
The original Indo-European root for to copulate is likely to be * h3yebh– or *h3eybh–, which is attested in Sanskrit यभति (yabhati), Russian ебать (yebat'), Polish jebać, and Serbian jebati, among others: compare the Greek verb οἴφω (oíphō) = "I have sex with", and the Greek noun Ζέφυρος (Zéphyros) (which references a Greek belief that the west wind Zephyrus caused pregnancy).

[Rogi]

I think it's just our shorthand way of saying 'da mu ja ebam'.
Pretty funny.

Pozdrav od Avstralija.

[Mygdon]

I use that word myself alot but minus the "majkata". Didn't know it would be just a short term of "da mu ja ebam majkata". Well, my first post wasn't a very original one then, i thought the word "bamuja" would mean something different.

[makedonin]

I never heard this, bamuja..... sounds funny in deed.

I always say da ti ibam and always leave the majkata out.

[Soldier of Macedon]

The (majkata) part I put in brackets because it is not said after the shortened version of "Bamuja". This term is used in the following way by my relatives from Beranci (Bitolsko):

Коа го видов бамуја, се зачудев.
Ех бамуја, се запусте.
Шо г'ебам бамуја.

Even from the villages surrounding, when that term is used it is identified with people from Beranci quite often.

[Daskalot]

We selani use it alot, ebamuja majkata na grtsite....

[Mygdon]

The (majkata) part I put in brackets because it is not said after the shortened version of "Bamuja". This term is used in the following way by my relatives from Beranci (Bitolsko):

Коа го видов бамуја, се зачудев.
Ех бамуја, се запусте.
Шо г'ебам бамуја.

Even from the villages surrounding, when that term is used it is identified with people from Beranci quite often.

Your post made me laugh. Exactly the way i'm using the term as well.

[Risto the Great]

Well this thread has fleshed out somewhat.
My recent visits to Egej revealed "Da ti ebam pampurot". Which cracks me up.

[The LION will ROAR]

I love it when i here some use the term "ZIMI MAJKA" allot....
ZIMI MAJKA this
ZIMI MAJKA that
ABE ZIMI MAJKA...!!!

lol

[Rogi]

Zimi majka is popular here in parts of Melbourne among non Macedonians, because we Macedonians use it so much.