bual

English

Etymology

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Noun

bual (plural buals)

1. A variety of madeira (wine) that is less sweet than malmsey

Anagrams

• Baul, Luba, UBAL

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic [Term?], borrowed from Vulgar Latin *būvalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos). Cognate with Welsh and Cornish bual.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbyːal/

Noun

bual m (plural bualed)

1. buffalo

Inflection

  Mutation of bual  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	bual	vual	unchanged	pual
plural	bualed	vualed	unchanged	pualed

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh bual, from Proto-Brythonic *bʉβal, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos). Compare Breton bual.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbɨ̞.al/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.al/, /ˈbi.al/

Noun

bual m (plural buail or bualod or bualau)

1. (zoology) bison
2. drinking horn

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bual	fual	mual	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bual”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Makian

Etymology

Cognate with Ternate bua (“termite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.al̪/

Noun

bual

1. a termite

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics