буйл

Mongolian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʊiɮ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mongolic *büile, compare Mongghul booli, Daur buil, East Yugur büile.

Perhaps the form is influenced by the second etymology, however this root is very unstable across languages.

Noun

буйл • (bujl) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠤᠶᠢᠯᠠ (buyila)); (hidden-n declension )

  1. gums (flesh around teeth)

Etymology 2

Cognate with Buryat буйла (bujla, “camel bull”), Kalmyk бууль (buul', “nose peg”), likely of Turkic origin, see Kazakh бұйда (buyda, “camel's bridle”).

A Mongolian herder and his camels with visible nose pegs

Noun

буйл • (bujl)

  1. a peg put through a camel's nose or upper lip to which a rope is attached

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