bugh

Cornish

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, Welsh buwch.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [byːx]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [bɪˑʊʰ]

Noun

bugh f (plural bughes)

1. cow

Hyponyms

• bewin (“beef cow”)
• bugh leth (“dairy cow”)
• bugh-wodra (“milch cow”)
• leugh (“calf”)
• ojyon (“ox”)
• tarow (“bull”)

Derived terms

• bugel bughes (“cowherd”)
• bughik (“little cow”)
• bughik Dhuw (“ladybird”)
• bughwas (“cowboy”)
• klogh bugh (“cow bell”)
• morvugh (“walrus, manatee, sea cow”)

Related terms

• bewin (“bovine”)
• biw (“cattle”)
• chatel (“cattle”)
• gwarthek (“cattle, horned cattle”)
• lonnek (“bovine”)
• lonnow (“cattle”)

Mutation

Mutation of bugh

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
bugh	vugh	unchanged	pugh	fugh, vugh*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.