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Dolgan
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bu (“this”).
Determiner
бу • (bu)
- this
Even
Etymology
From Proto-Tungusic *buu, compare Manchu ᠪᡝ (be), Nanai буэ (bue).
Pronoun
бу (ʙu)
- we
Evenki
Etymology
From Proto-Tungusic *buu.
Pronoun
бу • (bu)
- we
Karaim
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bu (“this”).
Pronoun
бу • (bu)
- this
See also
Kazakh
Noun
бу • (bu)
- steam, vapour
Ket
Etymology
From Proto-Yeniseian *wV.
Pronoun
бу (bu)
- he, she
References
Kumyk
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bu.
Pronoun
бу • (bu)
- this
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Interjection
бу • (bu)
- boo
Mator
бў
Etymology
From Proto-Samoyedic *wet, from Proto-Uralic *wete.
Noun
бу (bu)
- water
References
Nogai
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bu.
Pronoun
бу • (bu)
- this
References
- N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “бу”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN
Southern Altai
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bu (“this”). Cognate with Turkish bu (“this”).
Pronoun
бу • (bu)
- this
Tatar
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bu (“this”). Cognate with Turkish bu (“this”).
Pronoun
бу • (bu)
- this
Udihe
Pronunciation
Pronoun
бу (bu)
- first-person plular exclusive, nominative case: we
Ulch
Pronoun
бу (bu)
- we (first-person plural)
References
- Natasha Stoynova, “The Grammaticalization of 'Finish' in Ulch: Beyond the Limits of Phasal Semantics”.
Uzbek
Pronoun
бу (bu)
- Cyrillic spelling of bu
Yakut
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bu, compare Turkish bu.
Determiner
бу • (bu)
- this
Derived terms
- быйыл (bıyıl, “this year”)
Particle
бу • (bu)
Intensifies the following word.
- (with an adjective) how ...!
- (with a noun) what (a/an) ...!
Pronoun
бу • (bu)
- this
Derived terms
- бу аата (bu aata, “this means”) (idiom)
- бу гынан (bu gınan, “but, however”)