буу

Buryat

Etymology

From Chinese 炮 (pào, “cannon”).

Noun

буу • (buu)

  1. gun

Kazakh

Cyrillic буу (buu)
Arabic بۋۋ‎
Latin

Noun

буу • (buu)

  1. tying up
  2. suffocation
  3. interception

Verb

буу • (buu)

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

Conjugation

Mongolian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Chinese 炮 (pào, “cannon”).

Noun

буу • (buu) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠤᠤ (buu)); (hidden-n declension)

  1. gun, rifle
    Hypernym: галт зэвсэг (galt zevseg)

Etymology 2

From Chinese 寶/宝 (bǎo, “a kind of gambling device with direction markings on them”).

Noun

буу • (buu) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠤᠤ (buu)); (hidden-n declension)

  1. a kind of dice game
    Synonym: онх (onx)

Etymology 3

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

Adjective

буу • (buu) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠤᠤ (buu))

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

Southern Altai

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *būg (“steam”).

Noun

буу • (buu)

  1. steam

Etymology 2

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

Noun

буу • (buu)

  1. cord, rope
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