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