buwch

Welsh

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Welsh buch, from Proto-Brythonic *bʉx, in turn modified from *bʉ (“cow”) under the influence of other animal names ending with *-x, such as *bux (“goat”), *hux (“pig”), *mox (“pigs”) (compare Breton buoc’h, Cornish bugh), from Proto-Celtic *bāus (“ox”) (compare Middle Welsh bu, Old Irish bó), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /bɨ̞u̯χ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /bɪu̯χ/

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• Rhymes: -ɨ̞u̯χ

Noun

buwch f (plural buchod)

1. cow

Derived terms

• buchol (“bovine”)
• buwch goch gota (“ladybird, ladybug”)
• cas gan fuwch (“cowbane”)
• morfuwch (“sea cow, manatee”)

Related terms

• bufil (“bovid”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of buwch

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
buwch	fuwch	muwch	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “cow”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “buwch”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “buwch”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies