буу

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Buryat[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

  1. gun

Declension[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Kazakh[edit]

Alternative scripts
Arabic بۋۋ
Cyrillic буу
Latin buu
Yañalif ʙuu

Noun[edit]

буу (buu)

  1. tying up
  2. suffocation
  3. interception

Verb[edit]

буу (buu)

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

Conjugation[edit]

Kyrgyz[edit]

Noun[edit]

буу (buu)

  1. steam

Declension[edit]

Mongolian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. firearm
    Hypernym: галт зэвсэг (galt zevseg)
Declension[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

MongolianCyrillic
ᠪᠤᠤ
(buu)
буу
(buu)

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

буу (buu); (hidden-n declension)

  1. a kind of dice game
    Synonym: онх (onx)
Declension[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 3[edit]

MongolianCyrillic
ᠪᠤᠤ
(buu)
буу
(buu)

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

буу (buu)

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

Southern Altai[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *būg (steam).

Noun[edit]

буу (buu)

  1. steam

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

буу (buu)

  1. cord, rope