bual
English
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editbual (plural buals)
Anagrams
editBreton
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Brythonic [Term?], borrowed from Vulgar Latin *būvalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos). Cognate with Welsh and Cornish bual.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbual m (plural bualed)
Inflection
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Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Welsh bual, from Proto-Brythonic *bʉβal, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos). Compare Breton bual.
Pronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbɨ̞.al/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbiː.al/, /ˈbi.al/
Noun
editbual m (plural buail or bualod or bualau)
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
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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
edit- 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
editEtymology
editCognate with Ternate bua (“termite”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbual
- a termite
References
edit- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics
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