буу

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Buryat

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Mongolian ᠪᠤᠤ (buu, musket), from Mandarin (pào, mangonel; cannon).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bʊː/, [bʊː]
  • Hyphenation: буу

Noun

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буу (buu) (??? please provide spelling!)

  1. gun

Declension

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Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic بۋۋ
Cyrillic буу
Latin buu
Yañalif ʙuu

Noun

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буу (buu)

  1. tying up
  2. suffocation
  3. interception

Verb

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буу (buu)

  1. to tie up
  2. to suffocate
  3. to intercept

Conjugation

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Kyrgyz

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Noun

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буу (buu)

  1. steam

Declension

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Mongolian

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Etymology 1

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Mongolian
(Mongolia)(China)
ᠪᠤᠤ
(buu)
ᠫᠤᠤ
(puu)
Cyrillic
буу
(buu)

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠪᠤᠤ (buu, musket), from Mandarin (pào, mangonel; cannon).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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буу (buu) (definite plural буунууд); (hidden-n declension)

  1. firearm
    Hypernym: галт зэвсэг (galt zevseg)
Declension
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠪᠤᠤ
(buu)
буу
(buu)

From Mandarin (bǎo, a kind of gambling device with direction markings on them).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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буу (buu); (hidden-n declension)

  1. a kind of dice game
    Synonym: онх (onx)
Declension
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Etymology 3

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠪᠤᠤ
(buu)
буу
(buu)

Compare Manchu ᠪᠣᠣ (boo) in ᠪᠣᠣ
ᠨᡳᠮᠠᡥᠠ
(boo nimaha).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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буу (buu)

  1. Only used in буу загас (buu zagas, whale)

Southern Altai

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Turkic *būg (steam).

Noun

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буу (buu)

  1. steam

Etymology 2

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From Kipchak *baw, from Common Turkic *bāğ (rope, binder), from Proto-Turkic *b(i)ā- (to bind, fasten).

Noun

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буу (buu)

  1. cord, rope