Buryat edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Mongolian ᠪᠤᠤ (buu, musket), from Mandarin (pào, mangonel; cannon).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bʊː/, [bʊː]
  • Hyphenation: буу

Noun edit

буу (buu) (??? please provide spelling!)

  1. gun

Declension edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic بۋۋ
Cyrillic буу
Latin buu
Yañalif ʙuu

Noun edit

буу (buu)

  1. tying up
  2. suffocation
  3. interception

Verb edit

буу (buu)

  1. to tie up
  2. to suffocate
  3. to intercept

Conjugation edit

Kyrgyz edit

Noun edit

буу (buu)

  1. steam

Declension edit

Mongolian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Mongolian
(Mongolia)(China)
ᠪᠤᠤ
(buu)
ᠫᠤᠤ
(puu)
Cyrillic
буу
(buu)

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠪᠤᠤ (buu, musket), from Mandarin (pào, mangonel; cannon).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

буу (buu) (definite plural буунууд); (hidden-n declension)

  1. firearm
    Hypernym: галт зэвсэг (galt zevseg)
Declension edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

MongolianCyrillic
ᠪᠤᠤ
(buu)
буу
(buu)

From Mandarin (bǎo, a kind of gambling device with direction markings on them).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

буу (buu); (hidden-n declension)

  1. a kind of dice game
    Synonym: онх (onx)
Declension edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 3 edit

MongolianCyrillic
ᠪᠤᠤ
(buu)
буу
(buu)

Compare Manchu ᠪᠣᠣ (boo) in ᠪᠣᠣ
ᠨᡳᠮᠠᡥᠠ
(boo nimaha).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

буу (buu)

  1. Only used in буу загас (buu zagas, whale)

Southern Altai edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Turkic *būg (steam).

Noun edit

буу (buu)

  1. steam

Etymology 2 edit

From Kipchak *baw, from Common Turkic *bāğ (rope, binder), from Proto-Turkic *b(i)ā- (to bind, fasten).

Noun edit

буу (buu)

  1. cord, rope