буу

Buryat

Etymology

From Chinese (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 (pào, cannon).

Noun

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

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

Etymology 2

From Chinese (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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