bükü

See also: buku and buků

Salar

Alternative forms

• büke

Etymology

Perhaps from Salar bökgüsi (“to bend”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /piuxu/
• (Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): /pyxe/

Noun

bükü (3rd person possessive büküsi, plural büküler)

1. dustpan

References

• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “bükü”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[1], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 129
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “bükü”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 46
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “bükü”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 277

Turkish

Etymology

From bükmek.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bü‧kü

Noun

bükü (definite accusative büküyü, plural büküler)

1. (chiefly Cyprus) screwdriver

   Synonyms: tornavida, gatsavida

2. (colloquial, İzmir, Ankara) Alternative spelling of büyü.

Further reading

• Orhan Kabataş (2009) Kıbrıs Türkçesinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü, 2nd edition, Nicosia: Işık Kitabevi, →ISBN, page 135
• “bükü”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu, Türkiye'de Halk Ağzından Derleme Sözlüğü, 1965.