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Reconstruction:Proto-Mongolic/buka

This Proto-Mongolic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Mongolic

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *buka, perhaps related with *bugu (“stag”).

Noun

*buka

  1. bull

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

Descendants
  • Buryat: буха (buxa)
  • Daur: bag
  • Dongxiang: bagvachou (with a diminutive suffix)
  • East Yugur: pigqa
  • Khamnigan Mongol: buxa
  • Middle Mongolian:
    Hanzi: 補哈 (buqa) (Beilu Yiyu)
    • Classical Mongolian: ᠪᠤᠬ
      ᠠ       (buk a)
    • Mongolian: бух (buh) (Khalkha), /bʊxa/ (Ordos)
  • Monguor:
    Mongghul: bugha
    Mangghuer: bugha
  • → Tungusic:
    • Evenki: бука (buka)
    • Manchu: ᠪᡠᡴᠠ (buka, “breeding ram”), ᠪᡠᡥᠠ (buha, “beast”)
    • Solon: буха

References
  • Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎, Utrecht: LOT, page 290
  • Cincius, V. I. (1975) Sravnitelʹnyj slovarʹ tunguso-manʹčžurskix jazykov: Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages: Materials for an etymological dictionary] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, page 103-104
  • Rozycki, William (1994) Mongol Elements in Manchu (Uralic and Altaic series; 157), Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, page 59
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