бу

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See also: б/у and б.у.

Dolgan

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bu (this).

Determiner

бу (bu)

  1. this

Even

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *buu, compare Manchu ᠪᡝ (be), Nanai буэ (bue).

Pronoun

бу (ʙu)

  1. we

Evenki

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *buu.

Pronoun

бу (bu)

  1. we

Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bu (this).

Pronoun

бу (bu)

  1. this

See also

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic بۋ
Cyrillic бу
Latin bu
Yañalif ʙu

Noun

бу (bu)

  1. steam, vapour

Ket

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *wV.

Pronoun

бу (bu)

  1. he, she

References

Kumyk

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bu.

Pronoun

бу (bu)

  1. this

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Interjection

бу (bu)

  1. boo

Mator

Alternative forms

бў

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *wet, from Proto-Uralic *wete.

Noun

бу (bu)

  1. water

References

Nogai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bu.

Pronoun

бу (bu)

  1. 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)

  1. this

Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bu (this). Cognate with Turkish bu (this).

Pronoun

бу (bu)

  1. this

Udihe

Pronunciation

Pronoun

бу (bu)

  1. first-person plular exclusive, nominative case: we

Ulch

Pronoun

бу (bu)

  1. we (first-person plural)

References

  • Natasha Stoynova, “The Grammaticalization of 'Finish' in Ulch: Beyond the Limits of Phasal Semantics”.

Uzbek

Pronoun

бу (bu)

  1. Cyrillic spelling of bu

Yakut

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bu, compare Turkish bu.

Determiner

бу (bu)

  1. this

Derived terms

Particle

бу (bu)

Intensifies the following word.

  1. (with an adjective) how ...!
  2. (with a noun) what (a/an) ...!

Pronoun

бу (bu)

  1. this

Derived terms