bogh

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *box, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin bucca (“cheek”). Cognate with Breton boc'h (“cheek”), Welsh boch (“cheek”), Scottish Gaelic bòc (“surge, swell”).

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [bɔːx]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [boːʰ]

Noun

bogh f (dual diwvogh, plural bohow)

1. cheek

Mutation

  Mutation of bogh  

Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
bogh	vogh	unchanged	pogh	fogh	vogh