bugh

Cornish

Alternative forms

• buwgh

Etymology

From Middle Cornish bugh, from Old Cornish buch, from Proto-Brythonic *bʉx, from Proto-Celtic *boukkā, from *bāus (“ox”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Cognate with Breton buoc'h and Welsh buwch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [biʊx]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [bɪwh]

Noun

bugh f (plural buhes)

1. cow

Mutation

  Mutation of bugh  

Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
bugh	vugh	unchanged	pugh	fugh	vugh