buwch

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh buch, from Proto-Brythonic *bʉx, from Proto-Celtic *boukkā (compare Breton buoc’h, Cornish bugh), from *bāus (“ox”) (compare Middle Welsh bu, Old Irish bó), 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

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
buwch	fuwch	muwch	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.