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bugh

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Cornish

Alternative forms

buwgh

Etymology

From Middle Cornish bugh, from Old Cornish buch, from Proto-Brythonic *bʉx, from Proto-Celtic *boukkā, from *bāus (“ox”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Cognate with Breton buoc'h and Welsh buwch.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [biʊx]
(Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [bɪwh]

Noun

bugh f (plural bughes)

cow

Hyponyms

bewin (“beef cow”)
bugh leth (“dairy cow”)
bugh-wodra (“milch cow”)
leugh (“calf”)
ojyon (“ox”)
tarow (“bull”)

Derived terms

bugel bughes (“cowherd”)
bughik (“little cow”)
bughik Dhuw (“ladybird”)
bughwas (“cowboy”)
klogh bugh (“cow bell”)
morvugh (“walrus, manatee, sea cow”)

Related terms

bewin (“bovine”)
biw (“cattle”)
chatel (“cattle”)
gwarthek (“cattle, horned cattle”)
lonnek (“bovine”)
lonnow (“cattle”)

Mutation

Mutation of *bugh*
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
bugh	vugh	unchanged	pugh	fugh	vugh

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