I understood the word for grandmother (phonetically only) was *bu' bu la* where the first "u" was pronounced like "oo" in book and being about that long whereas the second "u" pronounced like the "u" in but and quite short..
Susan When I was a kid, living in Pittsburgh Pa. USA, a bubushka was a square > scarf,... > Much later I ran across another meaning for the word, "grandmother" or > old lady. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
