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бу

See also: б/у and б.у.

Dolgan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bu (“this”).

Determiner

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бу • (bu)

  1. this

Even

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tungusic *buu, compare Manchu ᠪᡝ (be), Nanai буэ (bue).

Pronoun

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бу (ʙu)

  1. we

Evenki

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tungusic *buu.

Pronoun

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бу • (bu)

  1. we

Karaim

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bu (“this”).

Pronoun

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бу • (bu)

  1. this

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Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic بۋ
Cyrillic бу
Latin bu
Yañalif ʙu

Noun

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бу • (bu)

  1. steam, vapour

Ket

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Etymology

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From Proto-Yeniseian *wV.

Pronoun

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бу (bu)

  1. he, she

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Kumyk

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bu.

Pronoun

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бу • (bu)

  1. this

Macedonian

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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бу • (bu)

  1. boo

Mator

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Alternative forms

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бў

Etymology

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From Proto-Samoyedic *wet, from Proto-Uralic *wete.

Noun

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бу (bu)

  1. water

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Nogai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bu.

Pronoun

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бу • (bu)

  1. this

References

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  • N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “бу”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN

Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bu (“this”). Cognate with Turkish bu (“this”).

Pronoun

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бу • (bu)

  1. this

Tatar

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bu (“this”). Cognate with Turkish bu (“this”).

Pronoun

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бу • (bu)

  1. this

Udihe

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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бу (bu)

  1. first-person plular exclusive, nominative case: we

Ulch

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Pronoun

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бу (bu)

  1. we (first-person plural)

References

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  • Natasha Stoynova, “The Grammaticalization of 'Finish' in Ulch: Beyond the Limits of Phasal Semantics”.

Uzbek

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Pronoun

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бу (bu)

  1. Cyrillic spelling of bu

Yakut

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bu, compare Turkish bu.

Determiner

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бу • (bu)

  1. this

Derived terms

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Particle

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бу • (bu)

Intensifies the following word.

  1. (with an adjective) how ...!
  2. (with a noun) what (a/an) ...!

Pronoun

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бу • (bu)

  1. this

Derived terms

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